- From: Markus Lanthaler <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 15:13:02 +0200
- To: <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:23 PM, Sandro Hawke > On 07/16/2013 12:22 PM, Manu Sporny wrote: > 4. Add an option to produce "extended RDF", which defaults to > false. If the option is true, "extended RDF" will be produced, > retaining triples that have blank nodes as predicates. If the > option is false, standard RDF will be produced and triples with > blank node properties will be discarded. > > The historical term for this is "generalized RDF", which has been used > in W3C Rec-Track documents since at least 2007 [1] [2] [3]. > > This is also what I understood us to agree upon, and the Concepts > editor implemented [4], although it's not really reflected in the > minutes [5]. > > Aside from the historical point, it seems to me "extended RDF" could > reasonably mean a lot of other things, including datasets, rules, or > semantic extensions. "Generalized" has a narrower meaning, although > it's not a perfect term either. You are right. That was a copy-and-paste from David's email. We are using "generalized RDF" throughout the spec (and link the term to the def. in Concepts) and will continue to do so. -- Markus Lanthaler @markuslanthaler
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