ISSUE-539: Notation Section 3, EBNF format

Notation Section 3, EBNF format

State:
CLOSED
Product:
prov-n
Raised by:
Paolo Missier
Opened on:
2012-09-10
Description:
The EBNF forms of each expression are helpful, but they are not easily human-readable. Line breaks between attributes would help distinguish the groupings tremendously (this is especially important when trying to determine which terms are optional, as visually identifying matched pairs of parentheses within a long statement can be challenging). Compare:

generationExpression ::= 'wasGeneratedBy' '(' (( identifier | '-' ) ',' ) ? eIdentifier ',' ( aIdentifier | '-' ) ',' ( time | '-' ) optional-attribute-values ')'


generationExpression ::= 'wasGeneratedBy' '('
(( identifier | '-' ) ',' ) ?
eIdentifier ','
( aIdentifier | '-' ) ','
( time | '-' )
optional-attribute-values ')'
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Related emails:
  1. Re: PROV-N responses (from l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk on 2012-11-01)
  2. RE: PROV-N responses (from Freimuth.Robert@mayo.edu on 2012-10-31)
  3. PROV-N responses (from p.t.groth@vu.nl on 2012-10-27)
  4. prov-n proposed responses to comments (deadline Thursday 12noon GMT) (from l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk on 2012-10-15)
  5. Re: PROV-ISSUE-539: Notation Section 3, EBNF format [prov-n] (from l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk on 2012-10-15)
  6. PROV-ISSUE-539: Notation Section 3, EBNF format [prov-n] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2012-09-10)

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