- From: pat hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:00:00 -0600
- To: Dave Beckett <dave.beckett@bristol.ac.uk>
- Cc: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
> >>>pat hayes said: >> Dave, you might be interested in a change Im proposing to the >> datatypes section in the semantics document, as follows, in response >> to a comment by Peter. It introduces the 'name' as an integral part >> of a datatype. This is a patch and if you can think of a better >> terminology and a pointer to a suitable spec I would be delighted. > >> 3.4 Dattayped interpretations > >Datatyped > >> >> A datatype is an entity named by a uriref and characterized by a set >> of character strings called lexical forms and a mapping from that set >> to a set of values. (The built-in datatype rdf:XMLLiteral, > >If it is built-in, won't you have to say a bit more? Its already been described in an earlier section (as part of RDF) at this point. > Maybe put this >after defining what an (RDF) datatyped interpretation is. > >> exceptionally, allows pairs in its lexical space.) Exactly how these >> sets and mapping are defined is a matter external to RDF. >> >> Formally, we will describe a datatype d as a 4-tuple consisting of >> >> 1. A uriref called the name of d >> >> 2. A set of character strings called the lexical space of d >> >> 3. A set called the value space of d >> >> 4. A mapping L2V(d) from the lexical space of d to the value space of >> d, called the lexical-to-value mapping of d >> ... > >So now you could say there is a built in datatype, and it is defined >[HERE] or give pointers: > >1. Name: URI reference rdf:XMLLiteral >2. Lexical Space: } >3. Value Space: } See >http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-concepts/#section-XMLLiteral >4. Mapping: } > > >If you follow that link you'll see the terminology is similiar, but >concepts calls it the datatype URI not name. Maybe we should stick >to one term? Datatype name? Datatype URI? I'm happy with datatype URI. But shouldn't it be URI Reference? Pat -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32501 (850)291 0667 cell phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes s.pam@ai.uwf.edu for spam
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