RE: comments on syntax wd: bug in graph seriali[zs]ation algo

>DanBri:
>>  I propose section 6 be dropped for now, until this is fixed.
>
>Opposed.
>
>There are practical problems in RDF serialization.
>At some point the specs need to acknowledge this, and indicate to
>implementors what they should do.

Why does the spec need to tell implementors what to do? There are 
several well-known techniques for handling local variables, and the 
choice is up to the implementor.

>In RDF2 I would hope to fix

Fix what?

>this, e.g. allow the "_:nnn" bnode syntax as
>matching uriref production in the grammar.
>That was out of charter.
>
>The charter allows us to clarify M&S.
>The clarification is "this is screwed up".

Wait: its not screwed up. The MT is about as clear as it can possibly 
be on this issue. Bnodes are not urirefs, and it is *invalid* to 
replace a bnode by a uriref, even a 'new' one.  Sorry about the 
practical problems, but life is like that.

I vote to scrap the misleading wording in section 6.

Pat
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Received on Tuesday, 30 April 2002 13:02:56 UTC