- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 19:31:18 -0600
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
>Graham Klyne wrote: >> >[...] >> Dan, >> >> would it break your mental model if the above N-triples-like syntax was >> modified to be: >> >> terms: >> constant (URIs w/fragids) >> string literals >> bnodes (existentially quantified variables) >> statement: >> term constant term. >> formula: >> statement* >> >> ? > >Umm... mental model... dunno. It involves 2 changes: >* no literals in the property slot. no great loss there... > >* no bnodes in the property slot. Real loss of functionality. >I don't have a strong argument that it was ever there, but >I use it quite a bit, Wow, can you say how? I think you must be the only person who has even thought of using it. > and I expect there are things we >want to model with RDF that won't work without it. >(in particular: languages with n-ary functions/relations). ? How can it do that? (You don't need anonymity to do Currying!) Pat -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola, FL 32501 (850)202 4440 fax phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes
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