Re: why I don't like named graph IRIs in the DATASET proposal

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us> wrote:

>
> But every time you use the name to refer to the graph, you are making an
> inference. And the way we have set things up with graph labels (see above)
> it is an *invalid* inference. So forget having RDF 'metadata' using graph
> labels/names: that is literally impossible, with the current conventions
> about the fourth IRI in a quad store. There is NO WAY to refer to a graph in
> RDF, with the current semantics. If we want to do this, we have to change
> the semantics rules so that the graph label denotes the graph it labels.
> This is trivial to do, of course, and to me it seems like a no-brainer, but
> apparently the WG does not agree. Which is fine, but then we all have to
> live with the consequences.
>


Can I not refer to a graph indirectly with a blank node?

[ rdf:type rdf:Graph ; rdf:graphName "http://example.com/mygraph" ]



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