Re: Abstract syntax: an attempt

Hi Graham,

Thanks for this.  One question:

Graham Klyne wrote:

> 
> NOTE:  "reification" is deliberately called out as a distinct syntax
> production, so that there is a place to hang the semantics that distinguish
> it from any other collection of facts.  There is some syntactic ambiguity
> here that needs to be resolved at some level;  e.g. adjusting the abstract
> syntax so that rdf:subject, rdf:object, rdf:predicate can appear *only* in
> a production for R (and not for A).

In M&S 1.0 the statements of a reification (i.e. the rdf:type, rdf:subject,
etc ...) are no different from other statements.  What difference are
you considering introducing here?

Brian

Received on Sunday, 17 June 2001 04:38:21 UTC