Re: RDF-ISSUE-140 (dataset-comparison): RDF Dataset Comparison (Ivan Herman) [RDF Concepts]

On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:54 PM, RDF Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:

> RDF-ISSUE-140 (dataset-comparison): RDF Dataset Comparison (Ivan Herman) [RDF Concepts]
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> http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/track/issues/140
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> Raised by: Ivan Herman
> On product: RDF Concepts
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> I have a question/comment on this:
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> [[
> 4.1 RDF Dataset Comparison
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> Two RDF datasets (the RDF dataset D1 with default graph DG1 and named graph NG1 and the RDF dataset D2 with default graph DG2 and named graph NG2) are dataset-isomorphic if and only if:
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> 	• DG1 and DG2 are graph-isomorphic;
> 	• For each (n1,g1) in NG1, there exists (n2,g2) in NG2 such that n1=n2 and g1 and g2 are graph-isomorphic;
> 	• For each (n2,g2) in NG2, there exists (n1,g1) in NG1 such that n1=n2 and g1 and g2 are graph-isomorphic.
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> ]]
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> A graph name can now be a blank node. Wouldn't it be appropriate to use the 'M' mapping of section 3.6 for the graph names, too? Or are we deliberately silent on this?

We need to do *something*, as the above definition is now wrong. For example, it says that these are isomorphic:

{ {_:x rdf:type ex:graphsIlike .}
_:x {ex:a ex:b ex:c} }

{ {_:y rdf:type ex:graphsIlike .}
_:x {ex:a ex:b ex:c} }

which is incorrect. 

Yes, the best way to fix this would be to describe it in terms of the M mapping, IMO. Here is a stab:

Two RDF datasets D1 (with default graph DG1 and named graph set NG1) and D2 (with default graph DG2 and named graph set NG2) are dataset-isomorphic if and only if there is a bijection M between the nodes, triples and graphs in D1 and those in D2 such that:

1. M maps blank nodes to blank nodes
2. M is the identity map on literals and URIs
3. For every triple <s p o>, M(<s, p, o>)=<M(s), M(p), M(o)>
4. For every graph G= {t1, ...1n}, M(G)={M(t1), ..., M(Tn)}
5. DG2 = M(DG1)
6. <n, G> is in NG1 if and only if <M(n), M(G)> is in NG2.

I think this is correct and states the conditions about as neatly as possible. 

Pat


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> Ivan
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> [http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-wg/2013Aug/0008.html]
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