Re: What is it that's wrong with rdf:List

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us> wrote:
>> As Paul says, update is not pretty.
>>
>> The complete solution would be to have lists as first class data object in the RDF model (as well as bags).
>
> Um, they are. Lists as described by the RDF List vocabulary are *exactly* the LIsp model of a list.

Nope. An RDF list doesn't constrain rdf:first to be single value. It
doesn't constrain rdf:rest to be either a single rdf:list or rdf:nil.
So you can make all sorts of structures using rdf lists that don't map
to lisp lists.

-Alan

Received on Sunday, 20 June 2010 13:33:25 UTC