Re: Last Call comments on "Concepts and Abstract Syntax"

Picking up the points Jeremy defered to me...

At 05:30 PM 2/12/03 +0000, Williams, Stuart wrote:
>1) Section 3.1 "Graph Data Model" 1st para: Editorial
>Last sentence begins:
>
>"The RDF graph is a set of triples:" suggest s/The/An/

OK, I'll note that as a minor editorial fix.  (No issue needed, I think.)

[...]

>10) Section 7, 2nd Para: "These apparently conflicting views can be
>reconciled by considering that, in an RDF graph, any RDF URI Reference
>consisting of an absolute URI and a fragment identifier identifies the same
>thing as the fragment identifier does in an application/rdf+xml
>[RDF-MIME-TYPE] representation of the resource identified by the absolute
>URI component. Thus:..."
>
>This is a hard paragraph to get right and clear. I think is is possible to
>both read and mis-read its intent, I certainly did the latter first and on
>further re-reading found I could also read it as I think it was intended.
>The misreading probably stems from the length of the first sentence and the
>phrase "...a fragment identifier identifies the same thing as a fragment
>identifier does in an application/rdf+xml representation...". Without the
>final clause "...of the resource identified by ther absolute URI component."
>it gives the impression that the "fragment identifier" is viewed as occuring
>within an RDF/XML document, pointing out (which is backward because the
>application/rdf+xml applies to the thing being pointed from (referee) rather
>than the thing being pointed at (referent)). However, somewhat late in the
>process of parsing the sentence, the last clause switches ends, to it being
>a (hypothesised) RDF/XML representation of the referent with the graph as
>referee.
>
>I think I have concluded that the sentence does indeed say what I think it
>was intended to say, but it does take several readings for it to take on
>that meaning.

I'll need to look at this.  There's been another comment which suggests a 
misreading of this section.  Are you content for me to take this as a minor 
editorial issue for review, or would you like a formal WG response?

#g


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