- From: Antoine Zimmermann <antoine.zimmermann@emse.fr>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:04:09 +0200
- To: public-rdf-wg@w3.org
I understand your point and it's ok. I agree to close the ISSUE. Le 22/08/2012 23:24, Richard Cyganiak a écrit : > On 20 Aug 2012, at 15:23, RDF Working Group Issue Tracker wrote: >> Do we want/need a name for literals that are not language-tagged >> strings? Language-tagged strings are sometimes treated differently >> that non-languaged-tagged strings, so that there will probably be >> cases where it is necessary to refer to "literals that are not >> language-tagged strings". > > Well, there might sometimes be cases where literals that are not of a > numeric datatype need to be treated differently from anything else. > That doesn't mean we should define a term for it. > > Why do you say "probably"? What are those cases? > >> The phrase is terrible and could be given a shorter name. If the >> RDF WG does not define a name for this, another WG may do it (cf. >> the notion of "simple literal" in SPARQL). > > If another WG needs it, then they should define it. If it sounds > useful, a future RDF WG can roll it back into RDF Concepts. We > shouldn't add it unless we have a good bit of evidence that it's > needed. > >> A proposal: "typed literals". > > Seriously? > >> This will avoid countless confusions of people who are learning RDF >> with older tutorials and publications. Plus, they *are* typed >> literals in the sense that they *do* have a formal datatype (as >> opposed to "No datatype is formally defined for >> [rdf:langString]"). > > The goal of the literal redesign was to have less exceptions and to > streamline stuff. Because of that, all literals in RDF 1.1 now have a > datatype IRI. Explaining why certain literals are not "typed > literals" despite having a "datatype IRI" seems counter to that > goal. > > I tend to call them "normal literals". "Normal literals, as opposed > to language-tagged ones". Found that to be sufficient so far. > > Thinking about it, "untagged literals" would be reasonably accurate > and short. I would still rather avoid that term if possible. > > Best, Richard > -- Antoine Zimmermann ISCOD / LSTI - Institut Henri Fayol École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne 158 cours Fauriel 42023 Saint-Étienne Cedex 2 France Tél:+33(0)4 77 42 66 03 Fax:+33(0)4 77 42 66 66 http://zimmer.aprilfoolsreview.com/
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