16:56:01 RRSAgent has joined #rdf-star 16:56:05 logging to https://www.w3.org/2026/01/08-rdf-star-irc 16:56:07 regrets+ 16:58:57 niklasl has joined #rdf-star 16:59:28 Agenda: https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/11e4d020-9c58-4fff-83c5-37c9e2502295/20260108T120000/ 16:59:28 clear agenda 16:59:28 agenda+ Approval of last week’s minutes: -> 1 https://www.w3.org/2025/12/18-rdf-star-minutes.html 16:59:28 agenda+ Updates from the SPARQL TF 16:59:28 agenda+ Horizontal Reviews Tracking -> 2 https://github.com/w3c/rdf-concepts/issues/254 -> 3 https://github.com/w3c/rdf-semantics/issues/164 -> 4 https://github.com/w3c/rdf-n-triples/issues/79 16:59:30 agenda+ Roadmap to completion in 2026 16:59:32 agenda+ Review of open actions, available at -> 5 https://github.com/orgs/w3c/projects/20/views/3 16:59:35 agenda+ Identifying issues to solve before CR -> 6 https://github.com/orgs/w3c/projects/20/views/8 16:59:38 agenda+ Any Other Business (AOB), time permitting 16:59:40 tl has joined #rdf-star 16:59:47 meeting: RDF-star WG meeting 16:59:53 RRSAgent, draft minutes 16:59:54 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/08-rdf-star-minutes.html ktk 16:59:58 RRSAgent, make log public 17:00:44 pfps has joined #rdf-star 17:01:14 AZ has joined #rdf-star 17:01:19 present+ 17:01:34 Dominik_T has joined #rdf-star 17:01:44 olaf has joined #rdf-star 17:01:47 present+ 17:02:00 present+ 17:02:02 present+ 17:02:03 present+ 17:02:13 present+ 17:02:17 doerthe has joined #rdf-star 17:02:24 present+ 17:02:30 Chair: ktk 17:02:34 present+ 17:02:47 present+ 17:02:48 scribe+ 17:03:19 lisp has joined #rdf-star 17:03:52 present+ 17:04:38 Zakim, open item 1 17:04:38 agendum 1 -- Approval of last week’s minutes: -> 1 https://www.w3.org/2025/12/18-rdf-star-minutes.html -- taken up [from agendabot] 17:05:44 PROPOSAL: Approve last week's minutes 17:05:49 ktk: Communica released a 1.2 implementation. It means we now have 3 implementations of the drafts Jena, Oxigraph and Communica 17:05:54 +1 17:05:55 +1 17:05:55 +0 (didn't attend) 17:05:56 +1 17:05:57 +1 17:06:00 +1 17:06:01 +1 17:06:03 +1 17:06:04 +1 17:06:11 Souri has joined #rdf-star 17:06:15 +1 17:06:16 present+ 17:06:17 +0 (wasn't present) 17:06:20 present+ 17:06:23 +0 (not present) 17:06:37 +1 17:06:39 +0 (not present) 17:06:47 RESOLUTION: Approve last week's minutes 17:06:55 Zakim, next item 17:06:55 agendum 2 -- Updates from the SPARQL TF -- taken up [from agendabot] 17:07:54 present+ TallTed 17:07:56 present+ 17:08:22 https://github.com/w3c/sparql-query/issues/326 17:08:23 https://github.com/w3c/sparql-query/issues/326 -> Issue 326 Remaining erratas and errata-like issues (by Tpt) 17:08:27 present+ 17:08:42 Tpt: list of errata (link above), none seem significant 17:08:55 s|Tpt: list of errata (link above), none seem significant| 17:08:57 scribe+ 17:09:00 Tpt: list of errata (link above), none seem significant 17:09:04 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/08-rdf-star-minutes.html TallTed 17:09:10 Tpt: https://github.com/w3c/sparql-query/pull/327 17:09:10 https://github.com/w3c/sparql-query/pull/327 -> Pull Request 327 Clarify that unagreggated variables in SELECT raise an error (by Tpt) [spec:bug] 17:09:23 ... another one (link above) is a clarification 17:09:47 previous meeting: https://www.w3.org/2025/12/18-rdf-star-minutes.html 17:09:47 next meeting: https://www.w3.org/2026/01/15-rdf-star-minutes.html 17:10:06 ... consider "SELECT ?s { ... } GROUP BY ?o" -- some parts of the spec consider it a syntax error 17:10:20 ... other parts suggest that ?s should be replaced by SAMPLE(?s) 17:10:42 q+ 17:10:43 ... there seem to be agreement that it should be a syntax error; most implementations consider it like that 17:10:58 ack AndyS 17:11:15 ... if we make it a syntax error, then implementations may use it as an extension point 17:11:41 AndyS: I think the spec considers it as a syntax error; only the algebra handles it as if it were not 17:12:13 ... we also have an old test for it (rejecting it as a syntax error) 17:12:26 q# 17:12:28 ... it is more a matter of getting the wrong impression, depending where you look in the spec 17:12:29 q+ 17:12:33 s/q#/ 17:12:39 ack lisp 17:13:49 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/08-rdf-star-minutes.html TallTed 17:13:56 lisp: Is it a consensus that a syntax error allows to be an extension point? 17:14:02 q+ 17:14:08 ack AndyS 17:14:10 scribe- 17:14:59 AndyS: You can't change the syntax and call it SPARQL 1.2. Lots of systems have extensions in the syntax but cannot call it SPARQL in the strict sense 17:15:10 scribe+ 17:15:41 Zakim, next item 17:15:41 agendum 3 -- Horizontal Reviews Tracking -> 2 https://github.com/w3c/rdf-concepts/issues/254 -> 3 https://github.com/w3c/rdf-semantics/issues/164 -> 4 17:15:43 ... https://github.com/w3c/rdf-n-triples/issues/79 -- taken up [from agendabot] 17:15:50 Tpt: I agree with AndyS. What I meant was : people wanting to extend SPARQL can not do it if we specify it as a SAMPLE. 17:16:26 scribe- 17:17:08 q? 17:17:10 pchampin: Now would be good time to ping the horizontal review groups 17:17:23 Zakim, next item 17:17:23 agendum 4 -- Roadmap to completion in 2026 -- taken up [from agendabot] 17:19:20 q+ 17:19:45 ack pchampin 17:19:51 ktk: What do we want to send next to horizontal review? 17:20:09 pchampin: We might split the Turtle family of syntaxes from the there (RDF/XML and schema) 17:20:28 pchampin: We need to reflect the changes in Turtle to the other format (the profile would make sense to RDF/XML) 17:20:45 pchampin: We are slightly to completion on Turtle/TriG/NQuads than the other two 17:20:59 pchampin: It might make sense to try make those 3 out there first 17:21:13 AndyS: What we can start now is doing group reviews of the documents 17:21:24 AndyS: To see if there issues in the spec 17:21:30 +1 AndyS 17:21:35 q? 17:22:04 ktk: Is there something with a big list of TODO? 17:22:18 q+ 17:22:24 q+ 17:23:07 AndyS has joined #rdf-star 17:23:31 ack Tpt 17:23:33 ack pchampin 17:23:48 Tpt: When RDF terms and EXISTS support is done I feel we can push SPARQL 1.2 17:23:57 Tpt: we can fix the remaining issues later 17:24:00 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/08-rdf-star-minutes.html AndyS 17:24:26 q+ 17:25:00 pchampin: I feel there are still big issues on property paths for example 17:25:01 q+ 17:25:15 pchampin: Notes have a much lighter live cycle 17:25:53 ack Tpt 17:27:06 pchampin: But it's not that they are just not that we should loose track of them 17:27:08 ack olaf 17:27:35 olaf: There two aspects to it: the spec on property paths still have a bunch of smaller issues 17:27:43 q+ 17:27:56 olaf: indeed there are no formalization of triple terms on subject/object position of triple path. We have a PR in progress 17:27:59 ack ktk 17:28:44 q+ 17:28:48 scribe+ 17:28:58 ack olaf 17:29:10 ktk: Is there any big issue remaining in property path? 17:29:17 scribe- 17:29:40 q? 17:29:46 Tpt: I am not aware of any issue affecting implementation, it's only formalization issues at my knowledge 17:30:15 olaf: We are not planning to add any new feature on property paths at the moment like p{n,m} 17:30:37 ktk: We are pushing for NQuads/Turtle/TriG as the next batch 17:30:54 ktk: We are not pushing new features to SPARQL but focusing on stabilization 17:30:58 ktk: Does anyone agree? 17:31:05 AndyS: What about RDF/XML? 17:31:15 ktk: We should catch up with RDF/XML editors 17:31:25 q+ 17:31:34 ack pchampin 17:32:20 https://github.com/w3c/rdf-xml/issues/80 17:32:21 https://github.com/w3c/rdf-xml/issues/80 -> Issue 80 rdf:annotation and rdf:annotationNodeID maybe confused by pre rdf/xml 1.2 parsers (by JervenBolleman) 17:32:40 pchampin: I agree RDF/XML is properly in good shape. I realized only recently that new features in RDF/XML 1.2 won't be rejected by 1.1 parsers 17:32:54 pchampin: I did not realized that RDF/XML did not shared this nice feature 17:33:39 AndyS: One of the feature that is its:dir that we inherit from the its sepc is enough to change the parsing 17:34:01 q+ 17:34:13 AndyS: The rdf: namespace is effectively reserved. It is on the group control. We can hid behind "you should not mess with it" 17:34:29 q? 17:34:32 ack pchampin 17:34:35 AndyS: We can't easily change the syntax to make sure the parser will break, opposite to Turtle 17:35:16 pchampin: I agree regarding its:dir. Reserving the rdf: namespace post hoc is strange 17:35:25 AndyS: There is already some note on it 17:35:35 AndyS: There is an issue/PR on RDF/XML discussing it 17:35:47 pchampin: I just wanted to make sure we make informed decision about it 17:35:53 q? 17:36:24 ktk: What is the best case scenario for the publication process? How many month? 17:37:00 pchampin: The more variable step is the horizontal review. We might be very clear that we give the same answers for every RDF spec 17:37:11 pchampin: The AC review is at least 28 days 17:37:44 q? 17:38:35 Zakim, next item 17:38:35 agendum 5 -- Review of open actions, available at -> 5 https://github.com/orgs/w3c/projects/20/views/3 -- taken up [from agendabot] 17:38:51 rrsagent, draft minutes 17:38:52 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/08-rdf-star-minutes.html Dominik_T 17:39:04 nothing to report 17:39:11 Zakim, next item 17:39:11 agendum 5 was just opened, ktk 17:39:18 Zakim, close item 5 17:39:18 agendum 5, Review of open actions, available at -> 5 https://github.com/orgs/w3c/projects/20/views/3, closed 17:39:20 I see 2 items remaining on the agenda; the next one is 17:39:20 6. Identifying issues to solve before CR -> 6 https://github.com/orgs/w3c/projects/20/views/8 [from agendabot] 17:39:26 Zakim, open item 6 17:39:26 agendum 6 -- Identifying issues to solve before CR -> 6 https://github.com/orgs/w3c/projects/20/views/8 -- taken up [from agendabot] 17:39:53 q? 17:39:59 q+ 17:41:09 q+ 17:41:30 ack pchampin 17:41:33 pchampin: https://github.com/w3c/rdf-turtle/issues/118 on how to handle the VERSION directive 17:41:34 https://github.com/w3c/rdf-turtle/issues/118 -> Issue 118 explain how to interpret multiple `VERSION` directives (by pchampin) [ms:CR] 17:42:55 pchampin: https://github.com/w3c/rdf-n-triples/pull/90 explains how NTriples 1.2 is backward compatible 17:42:55 https://github.com/w3c/rdf-n-triples/pull/90 -> Pull Request 90 add paragraph stating that N-Triples 1.2 is not ambiguous for 1.1 implems (by pchampin) [ms:CR] 17:44:06 ack AndyS 17:45:00 AndyS: I have an MR to centralize the version wording in concepts: https://github.com/w3c/rdf-concepts/pull/261 17:45:00 https://github.com/w3c/rdf-concepts/pull/261 -> Pull Request 261 Upwards compatibility of versions (by afs) 17:46:33 https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/1161 17:46:33 https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/1161 -> Issue 1161 WG New Spec: RDF 1.2 N-Triples (by pchampin) [Review type: horizontal review] [Resolution: ambivalent] 17:46:53 q? 17:46:58 ktk: ^ comments on horizontal reviews 17:47:55 AndyS: I made a PR to remove closed issues from a document. Do we keep or remove the issues appendix if it's empty? 17:48:38 q? 17:48:42 AndyS: I think we should remove it because it's for the WG internal work 17:48:59 AndyS: I will update the PR 17:49:11 I think it would make sense to leave it in WDs, and remove it in the CR snapshot 17:49:24 Zakim, next item 17:49:24 agendum 7 -- Any Other Business (AOB), time permitting -- taken up [from agendabot] 17:49:48 https://github.com/orgs/w3c/projects/20/views/11 17:50:40 ktk: I will close these ^ two issues later 17:51:09 AndyS: We have a SPARQL meeting tomorrow 17:51:30 ktk: Have a good day/evening! 17:51:43 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/08-rdf-star-minutes.html AndyS 17:51:49 RRSAgent, make minutes 17:51:50 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/08-rdf-star-minutes.html pchampin 17:53:57 s/Communica released a 1.2 implementation/Comunica released a 1.2 implementation/ 17:54:37 s/unagreggated variables/unaggregated variables/ 17:54:38 s/there seem to be agreement/there seems to be agreement/ 17:54:38 s/can not do it/cannot do it/ 17:54:38 s/Now would be good time/Now would be a good time/ 17:54:38 s/from the there/from there/ 17:54:40 s/other format/other formats/ 17:54:43 s/slightly to completion/slightly closer to completion/ 17:54:45 s/To see if there issues/To see if there are issues/ 17:54:48 s/live cycle/life cycle/ 17:54:51 s/loose track/lose track/ 17:55:12 s/unagreggated variables/unaggregated variables/ 17:55:12 s/there seem to be agreement/there seems to be agreement/ 17:55:12 s/can not do it/cannot do it/ 17:55:12 s/Now would be good time/Now would be a good time/ 17:55:12 s/from the there/from there/ 17:55:14 s/other format/other formats/ 17:55:16 s/slightly to completion/slightly closer to completion/ 17:55:19 s/To see if there issues/To see if there are issues/ 17:55:22 s/live cycle/life cycle/ 17:55:24 s/loose track/lose track/ 17:55:54 s/maybe confused/may be confused/ 17:56:12 s/did not realized/did not realise/ 17:56:12 s/did not shared/did not share/ 17:56:12 s/One of the feature/One of the features/ 17:56:12 s/its sepc/its spec/ 17:56:14 s/We can hid behind/We can hide behind/ 17:56:39 s/make informed decision/make an informed decision/ 17:56:39 s/How many month/How many months/ 17:56:40 s/implems/implementations/ 17:56:46 s/add paragraph stating/adds a paragraph stating/ 17:56:52 RRSAgent, draft minutes 17:56:53 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/08-rdf-star-minutes.html ktk 17:57:40 regrets+ ora 17:57:42 RRSAgent, draft minutes 17:57:43 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/08-rdf-star-minutes.html ktk 17:58:57 RRSAgent, end meeting 17:58:57 I'm logging. I don't understand 'end meeting', ktk. Try /msg RRSAgent help 17:59:03 RRSAgent, leave 17:59:03 I see no action items