- From: <jos.deroo.jd@belgium.agfa.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 18:22:07 +0100
- To: dave.beckett@bristol.ac.uk
- Cc: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
> --jos-- > > let's think about a USE of that bag of statements such as > > > > @prefix rdf: <http//www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>. > > @prefix a: <http//description.org/schema/>. > > {<http//www.w3.org/Home/Lassila> a:creator "Ora Lassila"; > > a:title "Ora Lassila's home page"} :attrbutedTo "Ralph Swick". > > <snip/> > > > an alternative could be > > > > @prefix rdf: <http//www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>. > > @prefix log: <http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/log#>. > > @prefix a: <http//description.org/schema/>. > > {<http//www.w3.org/Home/Lassila> a:creator "Ora Lassila"} a log:Falsehood. > > > > and there is no problem to express those > > cases in an RDF/XML 1.0 compatible syntax > > and the semantics are quite working --dave-- > Here we go again; N3's {} generates parseType="Quote" (or log:quote I > think in later versions). It is unclear what this means in N3 and > I've heard different answers from people, and especially it is > unclear when interpreted in the standard XML syntax. Unknown > parseTypes are, according to M&S, equivalent to literal. > > parseType="literal" is not something that can be implemented well > since there multiple ways to handle the content and I've seen this > happen different ways in many apps (I can go into this in great > detail when we finally discuss it) > > I thus shudder when I see {} used in N3 examples in order to explain > anything, and especially when used in a context of trying to provide > clear explanations of the RDF model or syntax. Please avoid it, and > avoid using N3 beyond very simple enumeration of statements and > anonymous nodes - i.e. these N3 parts are OK: [] ; . , <> "" @prefix I was just trying to help with the issue... (and thouhgt that is good declarative style i.e. in terms of WHAT) Until you convince me about a clear alternative, I'm not giving up :-) -- Jos De Roo, AGFA http://www.agfa.com/w3c/jdroo/
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