- From: pat hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 23:11:05 -0500
- To: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
> > >> The question came up from a team member whether there was a >> difference between N-Triples and N3. It was pointed out that >> a quite probable way to read "N3" is as 'n-triple' > >Really? > >I've just asked half a dozen people to pronounce 'N3'; people unfamiliar >with SW. They called it "n-three". I asked several of them if they >might have said "n-triples" (out of earshot of the others) and the >general response was "don't be silly". > >The participants were all brits except one american. could be a >cultural thing I suppose. > >This wasn't exactly a well designed human factors experiment - but I >found no evidence of confusion. > >> (rather than >> as 'n-three'). It was suggested that choosing a different name >> than N-Triple would avoid (or would have avoided) such kinds >> of confusion. > >Changing a name can also cause confusion. I've seen no evidence to date >of the present name causing confusion, nor is there anything in your >comment beyond speculation that it might. N-triples has been so named >for quite a while now with no complaint. Weighing the non-zero cost of >changing it together with the possibility of the change creating the >very problem that it seeks to avoid against the evidence that a real >problem exists, I think its unlikely that the WG will want to take this >comment any further. > >Say now if this is not acceptable. > >> >> >> Personal comment: Both of the above comments seem to at least >> point to the need for a strong warning >> "Warning: N-Triples in not N3". > >http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-testcases/#ntriples begins: > >[[ >N-Triples is a line-based, plain text format for encoding an RDF graph. >It was designed to be a fixed subset of N3 >]] > >Is that sufficient? Attempting to pronounce "NNN" might be the best way to express my views of this thread. Pat -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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