--- a/rdf-concepts/index.html Sat Nov 10 18:07:18 2012 -0500
+++ b/rdf-concepts/index.html Tue Nov 13 14:53:57 2012 +0000
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
and strings; the term is synonymous with “entity”.
The resource denoted by an IRI is called its <a>referent</a>, and the
resource denoted by a literal is called its
- <a title="literal value">value</a>. Literals have
+ <a title="literal value">literal value</a>. Literals have
<a title="datatype">datatypes</a> that define the range of possible
values, such as strings, numbers, and dates. A special kind of literals,
<a>language-tagged strings</a>, denote plain-text strings in a
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
<code>http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#XMLLiteral</code>
would be abbreviated as <code>rdf:XMLLiteral</code>.
Note however that these abbreviations are <em>not</em> valid IRIs,
- and MUST NOT be used in contexts where IRIs are expected.
+ and must not be used in contexts where IRIs are expected.
Namespace IRIs and namespace prefixes are <em>not</em> a formal part of the
RDF data model. They are merely a syntactic convenience for
abbreviating IRIs.</p>
@@ -470,16 +470,8 @@
API specifications, and query languages.
Implementations cannot directly conform to
<em>RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax</em>,
- but can conform to such other specifications that are based on the
- RDF data model.</p>
-
- <p>Another specification conforms to
- <em>RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax</em> if it defines operations
- in terms of <a title="RDF graph">RDF graphs</a>
- or <a title="RDF dataset">RDF datasets</a>, and if any use of
- terminology defined in normative sections of
- <em>RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax</em>
- is consistent with its definitions and conformance requirements.</p>
+ but can conform to such other specifications that normatively
+ reference terms defined here.</p>
</section>
@@ -665,6 +657,8 @@
<section id="section-blank-nodes">
<h2>Blank Nodes</h2>
+ <p class="issue">There is no consensus that the current state of this section is an improvement over <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-rdf11-concepts-20120605/#section-blank-nodes">its previous state</a>. This is <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/track/issues/107">ISSUE-107</a>.</p>
+
<p>The <dfn title="blank node">blank nodes</dfn> in an <a>RDF graph</a>
are drawn from some arbitrary infinite set that fulfils
the following conditions:</p>
@@ -1176,7 +1170,7 @@
<a title="RDF-compatible XSD types">RDF-compatible XSD type</a>
named <code>xsd:<em>xxx</em></code>.<p>
- <p>Specifications that <a href="#conformance">conform to RDF</a>
+ <p>Other specifications that
MAY impose additional constraints on the <a>datatype map</a>,
for example, require support for certain datatypes.</p>
@@ -1377,6 +1371,7 @@
<em>RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax</em>.</p>
<ul>
+ <li>2012-11-13: Remove the notion of other specs conforming to this spec from the <a href="#conformance">Conformance</a> section. This spec simply provides definitions that other specs can use.</li>
<li>2012-11-09: Updated the <a href="#section-dataset">section on RDF datasets</a> to reflect <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/meeting/2012-10-29">various WG resolutions</a> around named graphs</li>
<li>2012-11-09: Re-wrote the <a href="#section-blank-nodes">section on Blank Nodes</a>, including a definition of “fresh blank nodes” and an extended Note on standardizing apart blank node IDs</li>
<li>2012-11-09: Moved all informative material about changes between RDF 2004 and RDF 1.1 to a <a href="#changes">new appendix</a></li>