- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:34:47 -0600
- To: Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@gmail.com>
- Cc: Steve Harris <steve.harris@garlik.com>, Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
On Jan 14, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Danny Ayers wrote: > 2010/1/14 Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>: > >> A lot, perhaps all, of this hair could be avoided if RDF allowed >> general >> tuples as well as triples. All that is needed is some way to put N >> things >> into a sequence: so, put N things into a sequence. The 'graph >> model' would >> be a hyperlink, drawn as a polygon (eg triangle for N=3) rather >> than a line. >> In triples-style syntax, it would just be moving a dot. > > Don't think I fully understand what you have in mind, are you talking: > > <s> <p> <x, y, z> (which is kinda supported already with turtle > syntax) I meant this, yes. But what I have in mind, it does not mean shorthand for s p x s p y s p z so I don't think it is already there. Pat > > or > > <s> <p1,x> <p2,y> <p3,z> (which is also kinda supported already, > albeit lengthy) > > or something else? > > n-tuples would certainly have the advantage of mapping more directly > to SQL-style data > > Cheers, > Danny. > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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