Re: Re 2: RDF Interfaces - new draft

Ivan Herman wrote:
> I have one more comment/question.
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> In the RDFNode interface there is a separate toSring() and toNT() method. Is it really necessary to have these separately? In the case of the Triple interface toString() is defined as giving the NT representation of a triple, wouldn't it be more logical to say exactly the same for the individual Nodes, and drop the separate toNT() method?

We need to have a stringifier on there, we can either decorate the value 
with 'stringifier' (which entails implementations adding a toString 
method) or have a separate toString method (as we do now), either way 
the result of calling toString is quite different than calling toNT, and 
both are needed, /especially/ for named nodes and literals. I find I use 
both methods all the time (toNT a bit less), and toString is really 
indispensable.

Best,

Nathan

> On May 2, 2011, at 01:21 , Nathan wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> Just a quick note to say that I think I'm done with the RDF Interfaces specification for now, and it's ready for a sanity check before preparing for FPWD.
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>>  http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/sources/rdf-interfaces/
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>> Since the last version there are a number of changes, I've fully rewritten the definition of Literal to reflect current conversations, GraphLiteral/TripleSet is gone, a couple of changes to the Graph interface ('the' is gone, 'match' is added, 'removeMatches' is added), RDFNode equality is redefined and clarified, a 'toValue' method is added to RDFNode (particularly for working with Literals), lot's of clarifications and cleanups to the text, issues and notes added etc.
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>> Please do have a read and let me know.
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>> Best,
>>
>> Nathan
>>
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