- From: pat hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 12:28:12 -0700
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
I entirely agree with Dan here. I just wanted to have an informative (but stable) reference, not to imply any kind of endorsement or normativity. I only use Ntriples as a way to describe graphs, since its quicker to type than to draw a picture. We could eliminate Ntriples from the MT document altogether and give all the examples as explicit graph pictures, like the M&S does. I'd be willing to do this, if the WG feels it would make the document more accessible. I guess I was assuming that we were going to 'publish' Ntriples in any case, even if it wasnt somehow endorsed as a standard, but if that assumption is overly naive then the JPEG alternative might be preferable. I await guidance. Pat >Art Barstow wrote: >[...] > > In the Open Issues of [2]: > > > > http://www.w3.org/2001/08/rdf-test/#intro_issues > > > > The issue "is N-Triples normative?" is raised. Given the > > MT's reference to N-Triples it seems the answer is yes. > > > > What do the WG members think about this issue? > >I don't really know how to answer questions of the >form "is X normative"? Here are some questions >I can answer that are perhaps relevant: > > 1. does our specification of n-triples > constrain the set of XML documents that > conform to the RDF 1.0 spec? > > No. > > 2. does our specification of n-triples > constrain software that conforms > to the RDF 1.0 spec? > > No. > > 3. does the RDF 1.0 spec say that RDF/xml > is the only syntax in which RDF may be expressed? > > No. > > 4. does/should the model theory *depend* on > the definition of n-triples? > > No; it's independent of any particular > serialization of RDF. > > 5. is it useful to use n-triples as > an editorial device in the model theory document? > > Yes, I think so. > > 6. should the model theory draft cite the n-triples > definition from the testing draft? > > Yes; given 4 above, I suppose this should > be an informative citation, if we're going > to distinguish informative from normative > citations at this point in the drafting process. > > > > [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/ntriples/ > > [2] http://www.w3.org/2001/08/rdf-test/ > >-- >Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- (650)859 6569 w (650)494 3973 h (until September) phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes
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