ISSUE-172: CR comment: Case-sensitivity of base and prefix directives

CR comment: Case-sensitivity of base and prefix directives

State:

CLOSED

Product:

RDF TriG

Raised by:

Guus Schreiber

Opened on:

2013-11-07

Description:

comment from Peter Ansell:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-comments/2013Nov/0034.html

On 21 February 2013 06:01, David Wood <david@3roundstones.com> wrote:
> On Feb 19, 2013, at 23:55, Peter Ansell <ansell.peter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 17 November 2012 05:57, Peter Ansell <ansell.peter@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 16 November 2012 20:02, Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com> wrote:
>>>> On 16/11/12 05:12, Peter Ansell wrote:
>>>>> Is it possible to make @BASE and @PREFIX case-insensitive so that the
>>>>> traditional Turtle @ forms are equivalent to the the SPARQL forms?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The tests follow the grammar as it is at the moment so that is a request to
>>>> make a grammar change - I'll forward your comment to the WG.
>>>
>>> Hi Andy,
>>>
>>> Yes, my request was for a change to the grammar, based on recognising
>>> in the tests that the newly included sparql directives are
>>> case-insensitive.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Peter
>>
>> Given that the specification is now in Candidate Recommendation status
>> should I assume that these changes will not be made and @base and
>> @prefix will stay case-sensitive?
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> No, please don't assume that. The editors will get back to you with a formal response.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
> --
> http://about.me/david_wood

Could this comment on the Turtle Candidate Recommendation (19 February
2013) also be considered a comment on the RDF-1.1 TriG Candidate
Recommendation (05 November 2013) with the same resolution desired for
both to keep them consistent.

Thanks,

Peter Ansell

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1. Re: comments on N-Quads, N-Triples and TriG CR (ISSUE-170, ISSUE-171, ISSUE-172) (from guus.schreiber@vu.nl on 2013-11-07)
2. RDF-ISSUE-172: CR comment: Case-sensitivity of base and prefix directives [RDF TriG] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2013-11-07)

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