Re: RDF graph model limited by RDF/xml 1.0 syntax?

Dan Connolly wrote:
> 
> Pat Hayes wrote:
> >
> > >Consider this nice, clean graph model for RDF
> > >(borrowing liberally from Peter F. Patel-Schneider's
> > >message to www-rdf-logic of Thu, 27 Sep 2001 10:37:29 -0400):
> > >
> > >An RDF graph is a four-tuple (that can be considered to be a
> > >partially labeled, directed graph; the unlabelled nodes
> > >are bNodes)
> > >                 < N, E, LN, LE >
> > >         where N is the set of nodes in the graph
> > >               LN :(partial) N -> URI u L gives labels for nodes
> > >               LE :(partial) E -> URI gives labels for edges
> > >               E <= N x N is the set of edges in the graph
> >
> > Why is LE partial? Is that deliberate?
> 
> It was deliberate, yes. It evidently wasn't sufficiently
> careful, though.

Having thought it over, I think the syntax for the model
theory should be, more or less, n-triples:

An RDF graph is a set of triples <S, P, O>; each
of S, P, O is a term; a term is either an absolute
URI reference, a bNode, or a literal.


-- 
Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/

Received on Wednesday, 10 October 2001 09:04:36 UTC