typing named nodes/blank nodes/literals

• From: Ruben Verborgh <ruben.verborgh@ugent.be>
• Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 17:31:42 +0100
• To: RDF-JS <public-rdfjs@w3.org>
• Message-Id: <CA55AF2E-D672-4833-9B87-28A51C490368@ugent.be>

Dear all,

In addition to the previous request,
the Representation Task Force needs input on the following.

As you know, there are 4 building blocks for triples (or patterns):
– named nodes (IRIs)
– blank nodes
– literals
– variables (in the case of patterns)

To distinguish between these,
we would add a property that indicates the type.
(instanceof will not suffice for all usage.)

How would you name this property?
– .type
– .termType
– .nodeType
– …

The drawback of using .type might be that it's highly generic;
on the other hand, it's just very short to enter.

Furthermore, what would be the values of this property?
– "IRI", "blank node", "variable"
– "uri", "bnode", "var"
– …

Please let us know by Thursday 10 December 2015.
Thanks in advance for your help!

Ruben

Received on Monday, 7 December 2015 16:32:14 UTC