Re: SPARQL transitive closure discussion

oh, I think Satya and I have just crossed in the wires, to some extent
-Paolo


Satya Sahoo wrote:
>
> The two points are related and Pat's post highlights this - since the 
> graph model does not identify a predicate as being transitive, do we 
> indicate in a query pattern when to perform transitive closure (maybe 
> add specialized notations */& etc.)? Does the use 
> of specialized notations in SPARQL affect the "intended" 
> interpretation of a RDF graph? Maybe Pat or someone from the SPARQL 
> WG can describe all the reasons they considered before deciding 
> against transitive closure in SPARQL. 
>  
> A technical report discussing generic SPARQL property paths: 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-property-paths/.