- From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 06:45:58 -0400 (EDT)
- To: dave.beckett@bristol.ac.uk
- Cc: gk@ninebynine.org, www-rdf-comments@w3.org
From: Dave Beckett <dave.beckett@bristol.ac.uk> Subject: Re: [proposal to close] pfps-22,pfps-23: "reserved names in abstract syntax" Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:55:01 +0100 > On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 12:37:30 -0400 (EDT) > "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com> wrote: > > > > > This wording is much better. After fixing the link to RDF Syntax it even > > meshes pretty well with that. > > > > I do, however, suggest changes to RDF Syntax, Section 5.1. Something along > > the lines of > > > > The RDF vocabulary consists of names from this namespace that are > > used in the RDF specifications. > > > > instead of the last sentence of the first (non-note) paragraph of the > > section would make it minimally acceptable. > > I think your are referring to 5.1 of the last published syntax WD: > > [[The RDF Namespace URI Reference is > http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns# and is typically used in XML > with the prefix rdf although other prefix strings may be used. The > namespace contains the following names only:]] > -- http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/#section-Namespace > > That has already been updated for the vocabulary and namespace terminology > separation in the current editor's draft to > > [[The RDF namespace URI reference (or namespace name) is > http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns# and is typically used in XML > with the prefix rdf although other prefix strings may be used. The > vocabulary identified by the namespace name contains the following names > only:]] > -- http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/TR/WD-rdf-syntax-grammar-20030117/#section-Namespace This is what I reviewed > I don't seen any real further need to change this last sentence apart from to > define the RDF vocabulary properly: > [[The RDF vocabulary is identified by this namespace name and > consists of the following names only:]] > > Which I have done. I am concerned with the ``identified by this namespace name''. A namespace name does not identify a vocabulary. > The "used in the RDF specifications" doesn't bring much value. The other > specifications can say if they use it, it doesn't belong here. > > Dave peter
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