- From: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 16:14:30 +0200
- To: nathan@webr3.org
- Cc: RDFa Working Group <public-rdfa-wg@w3.org>
On May 2, 2011, at 16:04 , Nathan wrote:
> Ivan Herman wrote:
>> I have one more comment/question.
>> 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.
Please explain... when and why do you use one and the other?
I.
>
> Best,
>
> Nathan
>
>> On May 2, 2011, at 01:21 , Nathan wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/sources/rdf-interfaces/
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Please do have a read and let me know.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
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