- From: Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:38:32 +0100
- To: public-sparql-dev@w3.org
On 22/04/13 22:17, Jesse Weaver wrote: > Public SPARQL Dev mailing list, > > In section 18.2.2.6 of the W3C Recommendation of SPARQL 1.1 > <http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-query/#sparqlTranslateGraphPatterns>, > there appears (to me) to be some ambiguity in the translation of group > graph patterns.. Specifically, in the pseudocode following "If the form > is GroupGraphPattern", the third (non-blank) line says "For each element > E in the GroupGraphPattern". No order seems to be explicitly given > (unless I overlooked some mandate elsewhere in the recommendation), yet > the order seems to be significant since each iteration of the loop > builds on the G from the previous iteration. Could someone please > provide some clarity on the matter or point out my misunderstanding? > > Thank you. > > -Jesse Weaver Jesse, You are right the wording could be better. As it's a syntax translation, there is an implicit natural ordering, but it ough to be stated. (this applies to SPARQL 1.0 as well). I have added it to the errata. http://www.w3.org/2013/sparql-errata Andy
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