- From: Frank Manola <fmanola@mitre.org>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:53:09 -0500
- To: pat hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- CC: Karsten Tolle <tolle@dbis.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>, www-rdf-comments@w3.org
pat hayes wrote: > > (Frank, see @@) > snip > > > > > >> >The effect is that by entering a non-blank node someone could enter also > >> >to the collection construct elements from outside. This means without > > > >any restrictions this construct is not fixed! > >> > >> Right, it is not. Nothing is 'fixed' in this sense in RDF. Bear in > >> mind - its a centrally important point - that the RDF/XML notation is > >> *only* an XML serialization syntax for the RDF graph. Any extra > >> structure you might feel is 'natural' in the XML (eg the assumption > >> that the listed elements of a container are the full complement of > >> the members) is not significant in the RDF if it is not made explicit > >> in the RDF graph itself. The relatively 'tight' syntactic form of the > >> XML is potentially misleading if this point is not kept in mind. > >> > > > >It should be stated in the RDF Primer! > > @@ > I believe it is stated there. I will forward this message to the > Primer editor in any case. > The last paragraph of Section 4.2 of the Primer tries to convey this message. If it's not clear enough, please let me know. --Frank -- Frank Manola The MITRE Corporation 202 Burlington Road, MS A345 Bedford, MA 01730-1420 mailto:fmanola@mitre.org voice: 781-271-8147 FAX: 781-271-8752
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