Clarify definitions of membership and containment triples to address Martin Nally comment
authorJohn Arwe
Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:11:50 -0400
changeset 561 ceeb37eb8f71
parent 560 dcc78fa4ea34
child 562 e6d8108df386
Clarify definitions of membership and containment triples to address Martin Nally comment
ldp.html
--- a/ldp.html	Wed Apr 16 09:48:18 2014 -0400
+++ b/ldp.html	Wed Apr 16 10:11:50 2014 -0400
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
 	There often is a linked LDPC that assists with managing the member LDPRs.<p></p></dd>
 
 	<dt><dfn>Membership triples</dfn></dt>
-	<dd>A set of triples in an LDP-RS's state that lists its members.
+	<dd>A set of triples that lists an LDP-RS's members.
 		A LDP-RS's membership triples all have one of the following patterns:
 		<table class="indented">
 		<tr>
@@ -396,15 +396,16 @@
 
 	<dt><dfn>Containment triples</dfn></dt>
 	<dd>
-	A set of triples in an LDPC's state, maintained by the LDPC, that lists documents created by the LDPC but not yet deleted.
+	A set of triples, maintained by the LDPC, that lists documents created by the LDPC but not yet deleted.
 	These triples <strong>always</strong> have the form: <var>( LDPC URI, ldp:contains , document-URI )</var>.
 	<p></p></dd>
 
 	<dt><dfn>Minimal-container triples</dfn></dt>
 	<dd>
 	The portion of an LDPC's state that would be present when the container is empty.  Currently, this definition
-	is equivalent to all the LDPC's triples minus its containment triples and minus its membership
-	triples, but if future versions of LDP define additional classes of triples then this definition
+	is equivalent to all the LDPC's triples minus its containment triples, 
+	and minus its membership triples (if either are considered part of its state), 
+	but if future versions of LDP define additional classes of triples then this definition
 	would expand to subtract out those classes as well.
 	<p></p></dd>
   </dl>
@@ -2248,12 +2249,15 @@
 <ul>
 	<li>Resolved Last Call 2 comments</li>
 	<li>Removed references to RDF named graphs</li>
+	<li>Rename empty-container triples to minimal-container triples</li>
 	<li>Duplication (with intent to supersede) of the <code>describedby</code> relation type, incorporating POWDER's relevant errata</li>
+	<li>Clarify definitions of membership and containment triples to avoid impression that they must be (stored as) part of the LDP-RS's state.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>Detailed history</h2>
 <!-- <blockquote><em><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-ldp-20130930/">Candidate Recommendation Draft</a></em></blockquote> -->
 <ul>
+	<li>2014-04-16 - Clarify definitions of membership and containment triples (JA) </li>
 	<li>2014-04-15 - Rename empty-container triples to minimal-container triples (JA) </li>
 	<li>2014-04-15 - Add describedby chapter (JA) </li>
 	<li>2014-04-15 - Removal of named graph references (JA) </li>