Ben Adida wrote:
88: I'm not sure about this one: I thought that about="[_:]" would generate a *new* bnode since it's not named, thus yielding two bnodes here, since it's used twice.<http://www.example.org/#somebody> foaf:knows [a foaf:Person], [foaf:name "Dan Brickely"] .If you used about="[_:a]" both times, meaning you actually gave it the same bnode identifier, then yes that would mean one bnode in my mind. Thoughts?
Well... that has been a discussion between Mark and me. Mark can make the argument better than I can... but I think the argument says that if you do not have a local name, then a CURIE means, essentially, the prefix part. That is why it is the same BNode.
My argument was a bit different, namely that the CURIE spec is 'mapped' against the usage of BNode anyway, in the sense that we give an extra interpretation to what _:XXX means (ie, that it is a BNode), so we have the freedom to define what _: means.
Either way: this must be decided. So it _is_ a good test:-) because it forces us to make a decision in one way or the other:-)
Ivan
-Ben
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