RE: RDF Concepts - Definition of "Generalized RDF"

On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 4:51 PM, Antoine Zimmermann wrote:
> Hmm, slight variation:
> 
> Le 16/10/2013 16:43, Antoine Zimmermann a écrit :
> > Hi David (Wood),
> >
> >
> > The wording that you are mentionning here is not completely copying
> what
> > was suggested at the teleconference.
> >
> > In the minutes, Pat refers to AZ's proposal with his modification.
> Then
> > Sandro links to an email mentioning the proposal:
> >
> > """
> > Sandro Hawk:
> > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-wg/2013Oct/0030.html
> > Peter F. Patel-Scheider: I am fine with this wording
> > """
> >
> > (the minutes are currently unavailable BTW)
> >
> >
> > My proposal was:
> >
> > """
> > A generalized RDF triple is a triple having a subject, a predicate and
> > object that each can be an IRI, a blank node or a literal. A generalized
> > RDF graph is a set of generalized RDF triples. A generalized RDF dataset
> > comprises a distinguished generalized RDF graphs and zero or more pairs

There's a typo in the sentence above:

s/a distinguished generalized RDF graphs/a distinguished generalized RDF
graph/


> > associating an IRI, a blank node or a literal to a generalized RDF
graph.
> >
> > Incidentally, generalized RDF triples, graphs, and datasets only differ
> > from normative RDF triples, graphs, and datasets by allowing IRIs, blank
> > nodes and literals to appear anywhere as subject, predicate, object or
> > graph name.
> > """
> >
> > But the use of the word incidentally is hardly correct and weird in a
> > normative specification, so Pat suggested a change to this sentence:
> >
> > """
> > Generalized RDF triples, graphs, and datasets only differ from normative
> > RDF triples, graphs, and datasets by allowing IRIs, blank nodes and
> > literals to appear anywhere as subject, predicate, object or graph name.
> > """
> 
> 
> It should read:
> 
> """
> Generalized RDF triples, graphs, and datasets differ from normative RDF
> triples, graphs, and datasets only by allowing IRIs, blank nodes and
> literals to appear anywhere as subject, predicate, object or graph
> name.
> """
> 
> (the word "only" moved forward)

The rest looks good to me.


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Markus Lanthaler
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Received on Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:00:50 UTC