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node

From Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification (1999-02-22) | Glossary for this source

A representation of a resource or a literal in a graph form; specifically, a vertex in a directed labeled graph.
node

From OWL Web Ontology Language Guide (2004-02-10) | Glossary for this source

as in RDF Graphs
node test

From XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

A node test is a condition that must be true for each node selected by a step.
node test

From XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0 (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

A node test is a condition that must be true for each node selected by a step.
nodes

From XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model (XDM) (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

There are seven kinds of Nodes in the data model: document, element, attribute, text, namespace, processing instruction, and comment.
non-recoverable dynamic error

From XSL Transformations (XSLT) 2.0 (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

A dynamic error that is not recoverable is referred to as a non-recoverable dynamic error. When a non-recoverable dynamic error occurs, the processormust signal the error, and the transformation fails.
non-repudiation

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11) | Glossary for this source

Method by which the sender of data is provided with proof of delivery and the recipient is assured of the sender's identity, so that neither can later deny having processed the data. [INFOSEC Glossary]

non-variant content

From Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies 1.0 (2004-01-15) | Glossary for this source

When the form/format of the content being sent does not depend on receiver's capabilities and/or preferences
none

From XML Linking Language (XLink) (2001-06-27) | Glossary for this source

The behavior of an application traversing to the ending resource is unconstrained by this specification. No other markup is present to help the application determine the appropriate behavior.
nonmonotonic

From RDF Semantics (2004-02-10) | Glossary for this source

(adj.,of a logic or inference system) Not monotonic . Non-monotonic formalisms have been proposed and used in AI and various applications. Examples of nonmonotonic inferences include default reasoning , where one assumes a 'normal' general truth unless it is contradicted by more particular information (birds normally fly, but penguins don't fly); negation-by-failure , commonly assumed in logic programming systems, where one concludes, from a failure to prove a proposition, that the proposition is false; and implicit closed-world assumptions , often assumed in database applications, where one concludes from a lack of information about an entity in some corpus that the information is false (e.g. that if someone is not listed in an employee database, that he or she is not an employee.)
normative

From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17) | Glossary for this source

Text in a specification which is prescriptive or contains conformance requirements.
normative, informative

From User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (2002-12-17) | Glossary for this source

What is identified as "normative" is required for conformance (noting that one may conform in a variety of well-defined ways to this document). What is identified as "informative" (sometimes, "non-normative") is never required for conformance.
notation declarations

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04) | Glossary for this source

Notation declarations provide a name for the notation, for use in entity and attribute-list declarations and in attribute specifications, and an external identifier for the notation which may allow an XML processor or its client application to locate a helper application capable of processing data in the given notation.
notation declarations

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (2000-10-06) | Glossary for this source

Notation declarations provide a name for the notation, for use in entity and attribute-list declarations and in attribute specifications, and an external identifier for the notation which may allow an XML processor or its client application to locate a helper application capable of processing data in the given notation.
notations

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04) | Glossary for this source

Notations identify by name the format of unparsed entities, the format of elements which bear a notation attribute, or the application to which a processing instruction is addressed.
notations

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (2000-10-06) | Glossary for this source

Notations identify by name the format of unparsed entities, the format of elements which bear a notation attribute, or the application to which a processing instruction is addressed.
note

From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11) | Glossary for this source

n. A publication on the W3C Web Site, found in the " Technical Recommendations " area, which does NOT constitute a technical recommendation, but only work deemed worthy of publication.
numeric predicate

From XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

A predicate whose predicate expression returns a numeric type is called a numeric predicate.
numeric predicate

From XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0 (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

A predicate whose predicate expression returns a numeric type is called a numeric predicate.

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