- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:17:29 -0700
- To: "Markus Lanthaler" <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net>
- Cc: "'RDF Working Group'" <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
On Aug 10, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Markus Lanthaler wrote: > On Saturday, August 10, 2013 4:56 PM, Pat Hayes wrote: >> On Aug 9, 2013, at 2:43 AM, Markus Lanthaler wrote: >>> Yes, the graphs share bnodes but I'm not sure how that relates to the > graph >>> names. So you could as well argue that there are two sets of blank node >>> identifiers and that in the examples below the mappings are >>> >>> Example 1: _:y -> _:x (nodes) | _:y -> _:x (graphs) >>> Example 2: _:y -> _:y (nodes) | _:y -> _:x (graphs) >>> >>> Or do I miss something? As far as I understand it, there's no > relationship >>> between a blank node identifier used as graph name and a blank node >>> identifier used as node (you could say they are in different scopes) >> >> That is not my understanding. I guess this has not been formally >> decided, but your interpretation is so bizarre that I never even >> considered it before. For example, Sandro's use case of the default >> graph as metadata would not be possible with this interpretation. > > Why not? Sandro's use case changes the semantics (to something way more > intuitive), why can't it change the mapping function at the same time (to be > more intuitive as well)? Because the mapping function is part of the *syntax*. Redefining or extending the semantics is one thing, but having a language which can make assertions which alter its actual syntax is something else altogether. I don't want us to go there. Pat PS does this make sense to you? "The second letter of the seventh wurd in this sentence is really an "o"." > > > -- > Markus Lanthaler > @markuslanthaler > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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