Re: rdfms-graph: Food for thought

> > 3) Can a node exist in a graph without any properties?
> >
> > Yes. This is indicated in the current XML syntax with an empty Description
> > element.
>
> Here, I disagree:  there is no obvious way to represent an isolated node in
> an abstract syntax/model based on triples.  I think an empty <Description>
> adds nothing to the semantics so should not appear in the abstract
> syntax/model.

I think there can be graphs with only 1 node e.g.
  :paris :path :paris.
Wether we should have "null" properties is not clear to me
(although we use them inside our implementations)

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Jos De Roo, AGFA http://www.agfa.com/w3c/jdroo/

Received on Friday, 13 July 2001 05:41:14 UTC