Stupid curiosity

Hello. 

I have a very stupid question you will be able to answer in just a few words, surely. Please forgive me for the naivety of it. 

Section 6.1 of the SC spec says "Given an RDF-star graph G, the following steps define the unstar mapping, which transform G into an RDF graph that we call unstar(G)." and in which a quoted triple is mapped onto a freshly minted blank node that blah blah blah. 

Therefore is it correct or incorrect to state that: 

"a quoted triple IS a blank node that blah blah blah"? 

That is to say: is the quoted triple an atomic concept that is understood as a blank node only if you insist to map it into the standard RDF 1.1 semantics, or is it a short-hand notation for a blank node that is the subject of some unstar: predicates?

Thank you for any clarification in this regard.

Fabio

--

Fabio Vitali                            Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly,
Dept. of Computer Science        Man got to sit and wonder "Why, why, why?'
Univ. of Bologna  ITALY               Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land,
phone:  +39 051 2094872              Man got to tell himself he understand.
e-mail: fabio@cs.unibo.it         Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), "Cat's cradle"
http://vitali.web.cs.unibo.it/

Received on Tuesday, 18 January 2022 09:48:38 UTC