- From: pat hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 23:21:19 -0500
- To: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
>Pat, > >Reviewing the semantics doc status, there are 5 NotAccepted. > >pfps-02 > http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/20030123-issues/#pfps-02 > >points to an error in the handling of strings. What is the status >of this one? Peter was right, and I have since changed the translation to avoid this mistake. Lbase encloses strings inside single quotes, and escapes single-quote characters by prefixing them with backslash, and also escapes backslash with itself. In retrospect, this was probably a mistake, and (unless Guha objects) we will change it in the next version of the Lbase note, avoiding character escaping altogether. In the meantime, the Semantics document simply omits all character escaping, and has a note in the text that the translation of strings is simplified and that any implementation based on this translation might need to pay closer attention to the treatment of special characters in Lbase strings. > Why can't we fix it? What do I say to Tim to persuade him that he >should override the objection? A full fix requires a fix to the Lbase note. I plan that that revision will include a complete Lbase translation of RDF/S/OWL. Pat PS. Peter's other point is also correct, but that decision was deliberate, and the text stated that it was; I have since tweaked the text to draw attention to this point more directly, to avoid confusion. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32501 (850)291 0667 cell phayes@ihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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