- From: Graham Klyne <Graham.Klyne@baltimore.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:10:34 +0100
- To: jos.deroo.jd@belgium.agfa.com
- Cc: me@aaronsw.com, w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
At 11:40 AM 7/13/01 +0100, jos.deroo.jd@belgium.agfa.com wrote:
> > > 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)
I have no objection to a graph with one node; it's the node without a
property I'm less comfortable about. See separate message for more detail.
#g
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