Changes based on AndyS feedback. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-wg/2011Jul/0004.html
authorGavin Carothers <gavin@carothers.name>
Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:38:24 -0700
changeset 58 4fbeffaba01d
parent 57 4889dacbf30b
child 59 041c8dd1b64f
Changes based on AndyS feedback. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-wg/2011Jul/0004.html
rdf-turtle/index.html
--- a/rdf-turtle/index.html	Tue Jul 05 08:31:56 2011 -0400
+++ b/rdf-turtle/index.html	Tue Jul 05 12:38:24 2011 -0700
@@ -127,17 +127,6 @@
 			([[N3]])
 			while staying within the RDF model.</p>
 
-			<p>The recommended XML syntax for RDF,
-			<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210/">RDF/XML</a>
-			([[RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR]])
-			has certain restrictions imposed by XML and the use of XML Namespaces
-			that prevent it encoding all RDF graphs (some predicate URIs are
-			forbidden and XML 1.0 forbids encoding some Unicode codepoints).
-			These restrictions do not apply to Turtle.</p>
-
-				<p>Turtle is intended to be compatible with, and a subset of, <a href="">Notation 3</a> (see 
-			<a href="#sec-diff-n3">Turtle compared to Notation 3</a>), and is generally usable in systems that support N3.</p>
-
 			<p>The Turtle grammar for <a href="#prod-turtle2-triples"><code>triples</code></a> is a subset of the 
 			<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-rdf-sparql-query-20080115/">SPARQL Query Language for RDF</a>
 			[[RDF-SPARQL-QUERY]] grammar for <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/#rTriplesBlock"><code>TriplesBlock</code></a>. The two grammars share production and terminal names where possible.</p>
@@ -262,7 +251,7 @@
 				</pre>
 
 
-				<p>Literals <span class="non-issue">, QNames </span>and URIs may also contain escapes to encode surrounding
+				<p>Literals <span class="non-issue">, prefixed names</span>and URIs may also contain escapes to encode surrounding
 				syntax, non-printable characters and to encode Unicode characters by
 				codepoint number (although they may also be given directly, encoded
 				as UTF-8).  The character escapes are:</p>
@@ -287,7 +276,7 @@
 				<p>See the <a href="#sec-strings">String escapes</a> section for full details.</p>
 
 				<p class="issue">
-				  The inclusion of escape sequences in QNames is undecided.
+				  The inclusion of escape sequences in prefixed names is undecided.
 				</p>
 
 			</section>
@@ -857,7 +846,9 @@
       <section id="sec-diff-n3" class="informative">
         <h3>Turtle compared to Notation 3 (Informative)</h3>
 
-        <p>Notation 3 (N3) triples are a superset of RDF triples.
+        <p>While Notation 3 (<acronym title="Notation 3">N3</acronym>) syntax played a large role in the creation of Turtle
+        they are not strictly compatable. There are a number of diffrences in 
+        escaping, encoding and structure. N3 triples are a superset of RDF triples.
         In particular, N3 formulae (graphs) may be the subject or object of N3 triples.
         For example here, the formula with <code>_:Bob a foaf:Person</code> is the object of another arc:</p>
         <pre>_:Bob ex:said { _:Bob a foaf:Person } .</pre>
@@ -878,6 +869,16 @@
           <li>&lt;=</li>
         </ol>
       </section>
+      <section id="sec-diff-rdfxml" class="informative">
+        <h3>Turtle compared to RDF/XML (Informative)</h3>
+        <p>
+            <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210/">RDF/XML</a>
+            ([[RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR]])
+            has certain restrictions imposed by XML and the use of XML Namespaces
+            that prevent it encoding all RDF graphs (some predicate URIs are
+            forbidden and XML 1.0 forbids encoding some Unicode codepoints).
+            These restrictions do not apply to Turtle.</p>
+      </section>
       <section  id="sec-diff-sparql" class="informative">
       <h3>Turtle compared to SPARQL (Informative)</h3>