Issue #danc-04 add a triviallyTrue predicate

• From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
• Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 13:40:35 +0100
• To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>, www-rdf-comments@w3.org
• Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20030422134005.02824498@localhost>

Forgot to change title

recorded as

   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/20030123-issues/#danc-04

Brian

At 15:25 19/04/2003 -0500, Dan Connolly wrote:

>Consider adding to RDFS a triviallyTrue predicate;
>specification:
>
>   ?S rdfs:triviallyTrue ?O.
>
>is true for all ?S and ?O.
>
>Rationale:
>
>(1) jeremy's digital signature application needs
>to number bnodes
>
>(2) folks are asking for all uses of rdfs:comment
>to be vacuously true. This would provide that
>functionality.
>
>Options:
>
>call it noop or... hmm... rdfs:comment really is
>poorly named.
>
>
>--
>Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/

Received on Tuesday, 22 April 2003 08:40:12 UTC