- From: Frank Manola <fmanola@mitre.org>
- Date: 2002年11月25日 11:36:16 -0500
- To: Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>
- CC: www-rdf-comments@w3.org
- Message-ID: <3DE25180.655783C4@mitre.org>
Shelley Powers wrote: > > The concept of Collections is introduced in this set of documents, but the > coverage of same across the docs seems to be incomplete. For instance, > rdf:nil is discussed in the Vocabulary document and in Semantics, but its > only reference in the model syntax is the change item. Syntactically, how > does rdf:nil work? > > In the primer, the word 'collection' is used for describing the collection > of attributes (properties) for a resource. This will cause confusion for > those who read about Collections, and then see collections. Semantically, > according to the documents, the two are not the same (sorry, Pat, couldn't > resist). Actually, if they read front-to-back, they'll see collections, and then read about Collections. However, I take your point (Collections were added after most of that earlier stuff was written, and you run out of synonyms after a while). How does "group" strike you for the generic term (can't use "set"; can't use "Bag")? > > I would strongly recommend that the Primer author consider using another > term, and also add additional material about Collections. I would also > recommend additional coverage of Collection within the Syntax document to > bring it more closely inline with the coverage of same in Semantics and in > Vocabulary. I'll fix the terminology. As it happens, I'm working on the Collections material right now. What additional material about Collections would you suggest? --Frank -- Frank Manola The MITRE Corporation 202 Burlington Road, MS A345 Bedford, MA 01730-1420 mailto:fmanola@mitre.org voice: 781-271-8147 FAX: 781-271-8752
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