- From: Steve Harris <steve.harris@garlik.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 12:56:22 +0100
- To: Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>
- Cc: Alex Hall <alexhall@revelytix.com>, Eric Prud'hommeaux <eric@w3.org>, RDF-WG <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
On 2012-05-15, at 11:18, Andy Seaborne wrote: >> This is ISSUE-19 (http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/track/issues/19) and was >> discussed some on the mailing list 13 months (!) ago and subsequently >> closed as a duplicate of ISSUE-1. If memory serves, there was some >> pushback at the time on allowing it in Turtle but that might have been >> overridden by SPARQL alignment concerns. >> >> Alex >> > > For the record, there is another difference which is the SPARQL form: > > { ( "abc" ?x "def" ) . } > > and the list must be non-empty -- { () } is not allowed > > This is obscure, and takes a few moments to work out what it matches (hint: not lists of length 3). > > IMO: The best choice here is change SPARQL. It's not exactly a feature for anything other than corner case syntax test cases. +1 - Steve -- Steve Harris, CTO Garlik, a part of Experian 1-3 Halford Road, Richmond, TW10 6AW, UK +44 20 8439 8203 http://www.garlik.com/ Registered in England and Wales 653331 VAT # 887 1335 93 Registered office: Landmark House, Experian Way, Nottingham, Notts, NG80 1ZZ
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