- From: Markus Lanthaler <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 18:27:19 +0200
- To: <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
On Thursday, October 03, 2013 5:53 PM, Andy Seaborne wrote: > On 03/10/13 16:01, Markus Lanthaler wrote: > > +1 but... > > > > ... as I've just re-read the definition of RDF source in Concepts, it > > appears that its definition is wrong (or at least inconsistent): > > > > We informally use the term RDF source to refer to a persistent yet > > mutable > > source or container of RDF graphs. An RDF source is a resource that may > > be > > said to have a state that can change over time. A snapshot of the state > > can > > be expressed as an RDF graph > > > > So a RDF source may return*multiple* RDF graphs, i.e., a dataset but at the > > same time it is possible to express a snapshot as a*single* RDF*graph*. > > I don't read "mutable source or container of RDF graphs." as saying it > will return all of them, only that it can contain different ones. The > "snapshot" text seems to make it return one at a time. Hmm... I see your point but I still find it very confusing. > "source or container of [an] RDF graph" (singular) would imply that the > container state can't chnage over time. Why? It would just contain/return a single graph at any time. That doesn't mean that it always has to contain/return the same graph. -- Markus Lanthaler @markuslanthaler
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