Re: RDF Core LC Issue xmlsch-09 proposed response

At 16:21 25/03/2003 +0000, Dave Beckett wrote:


>One problem is - did we accept/reject/whatever the issue?
> From the minutes,
>   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2003Mar/0138.html
>I was just actioned to post a reply.
>
>I think we accepted that the wording could be improved but rejected
>that it was an error.  I'm going with accept for now.

I believe that is correct, but we should kick either the minute taker (you) 
or the chair (me) for not making sure this was clear :)

The proposed new text is a bit heavy.  I don't want to get to much into 
wordsmithing, but there was some suggestion of adding a note that Qnames 
don't have to have prefixes.  I wonder if it works:

[[
In order to encode the graph in XML, the nodes and arcs have to be 
represented by XML element names, attribute names, element content and 
attribute content. RDF/XML uses XML QNames to represent RDF URI References. 
The namespace prefix part of all QNames is associated with a URI Reference 
as defined in XML Namespaces [XML-NS]. (Note: if a default namespace is 
defined, the prefix is optional)...
]]

You're call which you prefer.

And please don't forget the "Please reply, copying www-rdf-comments@w3.org 
indicating whether this is an acceptable resolution of the comment."

Brian


>I'd like a read through / ack before I send this - thanks.
>
>Dave
>
>
>
>The RDF Core WG has considered your this comment
>
>   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/20030123-issues/#xmlsch-09
>
>from http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2003JanMar/0489.html
>section "4.2. QNames (Editorial, but important)"
>
>and decided
>
>   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2003Mar/0138.html
>
>to accept it with the following explanation.
>
>
>The RDF/XML syntax WD section referred to
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/#section-Syntax-intro
>is the very first section in the document introducing the syntax
>intended as an overview, not defining the grammar.
>
>We accept that this paragraph could be misleading and imply that an
>XML prefix, and thus only prefixed names are required.  We propose to
>amend the text in that paragraph to make it clear that in a XML QName
>the prefix is optional where there is a default namespace.
>
>The suggested terminology change is to use namespace-qualified names
>rather than mention prefixes.  Here is one rewording of the paragraph
>that will be the basis of the resolution:
>
>     In order to encode the graph in XML, the nodes and arcs have to
>     be represented by XML element names, attribute names, element
>     content and attribute content.  RDF/XML uses XML
>     namespaced-qualified names (QNames) to represent RDF URI
>     References.  The namespace part of all QNames is associated with
>     a URI Reference as defined in XML Namespaces [XML-NS].  The RDF
>     URI Reference represented by a QName is determined by appending
>     the local name part of the QName to the URI Reference associated
>     with the namespace-name of the QName.  This is used to shorten the
>     RDF URI References of all property arcs labels and some
>     nodes.  RDF URI References identifying subject and object nodes
>     can also be stored as XML attribute values or XML element names
>     via QNames.  RDF Literals (which are only object nodes) become
>     either XML element text content or XML attribute values.
>
>
>
>However, we note, the link [Qnames] in the section above already goes
>to the following definition of QName:
>
>    QName ::= (Prefix ':')? LocalPart
>    Namespaces in XML
>    -- http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/#NT-QName
>
>which shows that the prefix part is optional in the current definiton
>of QNames.
>
>This is also mentioned in the errata:
>     "Names with no colon can be qualified names."
>      Namespaces in XML Errata
>      -- http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-names-19990114-errata#NE10
>
>We also peeked at XML 1.1 CR:
>     QName ::= PrefixedName | UnprefixedName
>     Namespaces in XML 1.1, W3C Candidate Recommendation 18 December 2002
>     -- http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-xml-names11-20021218/#NT-QName
>
>which keeps the same distinction.

Received on Tuesday, 25 March 2003 12:12:00 UTC