--- a/rdf-concepts/index.html Tue Nov 06 10:55:56 2012 +0000
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@@ -683,6 +683,11 @@
Graph names are unique within an RDF dataset.</li>
</ul>
+ <div class="note" id="note-empty-named-graphs">Some RDF dataset
+ implementations do not track empty named graphs.
+ Therefore, to maximize interoperability, applications should avoid
+ ascribing importance to the presence of empty named graphs.</div>
+
<div class="issue">
<p>The Working Group will standardize a model and semantics for
multiple graphs and graphs stores. The
@@ -1227,6 +1232,7 @@
<em>RDF 1.1 Concepts and Abstract Syntax</em>.</p>
<ul>
+ <li>2012-11-06: Add a <a href="#note-empty-named-graphs">note on empty named graphs</a> (<a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/track/issues/22">ISSUE-22</a>)</li>
<li>2012-11-06: Modify the <a title="relative IRI">Note on relative IRIs</a> to stress their usefulness and to clarify the role of RFC 3986 in the resolution process</li>
<li>2012-11-06: Informatively <a href="#referents">explain</a> that IRIs in this spec are treated only as nodes in a graph data model, and no interaction model is implied</li>
<li>2012-08-09: Clarify that all datatypes are optional, but RDF-conformant specifications MAY require specific <a title="datatype map">datatype maps</a></li>