- From: Nathan <nathan@webr3.org>
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:31:31 +0000
- To: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
- CC: Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>, RDF-WG <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
Richard Cyganiak wrote: > Andy, > > On 28 Feb 2011, at 20:36, Andy Seaborne wrote: >> A data-format N-triples / N-Quads would be a subset of Turtle, with the same IRI resolution rules and same syntax for IRI tokens. And in UTF-8. >> >> As these formats are used as dump formats, pinning down details would be a help to data publishers and consumers. >> >> A MIME type which is not text/plain would be helpful. > > I think having a proper spec for this “N-Triples done right” is a great plan, including support for quads, IRI resolution, UTF-8, and proper media type. > > However I wouldn't necessarily see it as a subset of Turtle. I'd prefer for Turtle to remain as it is defined now, as a triples-only format without multigraphs/quads. quads != triples surely, perhaps there needs to be two then, N-Triples and N-Quads.
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