- From: Eric Prud'hommeaux <eric@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 15:35:06 -0400
- To: Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>
- Cc: RDF-WG <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
* Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com> [2012-05-14 20:04+0100] > A difference between Turtle and SPARQL. > > Turtle does not support top-level blank-predicate-object lists. > SPARQL does. > > [ > foaf:name "Name" ; > foaf:knows <http://example/another> > ] . > > but Turtle does allow: > > [ > foaf:name "Name" > ] foaf:knows <http://example/another> . > > This could be accommodated with two grammar rule changes: > > > [6] triples ::= subject predicateObjectList > ==> > [6] triples ::= > (subject predicateObjectList) | > (blankNodePropertyList predicateObjectList?) > > > [10] subject ::= iri | blank > ==> > [10] subject ::= iri > > See > http://www.w3.org/2005/01/yacker/uploads/turtleWithBlankNodePropertyList Note that this grammar does not permit this wierd document: "[].", in case that was causing you hesitation. I think this change aligns us more closely with SPARQL and will reduce the number of users who scratch their heads trying to figure out why removing the last predicte object from " [ a <P> ] a <Q> . " would make the document invalid. +1 Here's a demo of Andy's grammar: <http://w3.org/brief/MjYx> > Andy > -- -ericP
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