- From: Nathan <nathan@webr3.org>
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:33:15 +0000
- To: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
- CC: Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
Richard Cyganiak wrote: > Nathan, > > On 2 Mar 2011, at 19:40, Nathan wrote: >> is the message here "blank nodes are useless, get rid of them / don't use them" ? > > My specific point here was that the RDF Semantics machinery for lean vs. non-lean graphs is not useful. It shouldn't be cited as a practical reason for the distinction between blank nodes and URIs. > > > Are blank nodes useless? No, they are useful for some things. > > Should we get rid of them? No, but we should put a yellow warning sign into the spec. > > Should we avoid them? Yes, whenever possible/practical. > > I blogged this, to give Sandro's great summary from earlier in the thread a more visible home: > http://richard.cyganiak.de/blog/2011/03/blank-nodes-considered-harmful/ Cheers for clarifying, and good summary from you and Sandro
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