- From: Frank Manola <fmanola@mitre.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:23:38 -0500
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- CC: Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com, w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
Dan Connolly wrote: > > Frank Manola wrote: > [...] > > My current understanding is that Ntriples was defined only as a > > simplified notation to express test cases (it's only defined in the Text > > Case document); however, there may be an expanded role for it now. I > > use it in the Primer because it's a straightforward linearization of > > the graph structure, which is the *model* I'm trying to convey. > > whoa... a model is an interpretation that satisfies a > formula/document (or set of formulas/documents). > > ntriples isn't a representation of a model. Not *that* kind of a model; the "data model" kind of a model (as in "the relational model"). The RDF "model" (in that sense), as in "Model and Syntax", is that of a specific kind of graph. Ntriples is a way to linearize that kind of a graph (and I'm not talking about a particular graph *instance*). I'd be happy to use "data model" instead of "model" for this usage, if that would help (ala "the RDF data model" in the second paragraph of http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Notation3) --Frank -- Frank Manola The MITRE Corporation 202 Burlington Road, MS A345 Bedford, MA 01730-1420 mailto:fmanola@mitre.org voice: 781-271-8147 FAX: 781-271-8752
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