Background
- “RDF Graph Identification” Unofficial Draft 15 August 2012
- Graph Terminology (w3c wikipage; covers g-box, gsnap, etc)
- Graphs Design 6.1 wiki page with some test cases (Apr 2012)
- Graphs Design 6.1/Sem some stuff about formal semantics for the use cases in 2 (April 2012)
- TriX
- TriG
- Named Graphs (pdf) 2005 preprint, Carroll et al.
- Named Graphs, Provenance, and Trust (pdf) Undated, Carroll et al.
Recent threads on W3 mailing lists:
- rdfs:Graph ? comment on http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-dataset and issue 35 - original thread on public-rdf-comments list commenting on named graphs
- Re: rdfs:Graph ? comment on http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-dataset and issue 35 - continuation of 1, moved to www-archive list
- defn of Named Graph - continuation of 2 on www-archive
Some older threads:
- Re: Blank Node Identifiers and RDF Dataset Normalization public-linked-json list
- Re: Blank Node Identifiers and RDF Dataset Normalization - like 1, only on public-rdf-wg
- Using bnode identifiers for predicates, graph names
- Re: retronyms, Abstract/Maintained Graph public-rdf-wg, Aug 2012
- Minimal dataset semantics public-rdf-wg Aug 2012
- RDF dataset semantics again public-rdf-wg Aug 2012
- [All] Proposal: RDF Graph Identification public-rdf-wg Aug 2012
- Graphs and Being and Time Feb 2011
gbox, gsnap, layers, surfaces, etc.:
- thread starting "Informative wording on identifiers for subgraphs"
- thread "Drop “g-boxes”, talk about “stateful resources”;
- thread types of "graphs
- http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-wg/2012Apr/thread.html - lots of stuff on named graphs, layers, etc
Facts on the ground: what people think and say about named graphs
- Wikipedia on Named Graph
- MANAGING RDF USING NAMED GRAPHS - longish blog article(Leigh Dodds, 2009). "Named Graphs turn the RDF triple model into a quad model by extending a triple to include an additional item of information. This extra piece of information takes the form of a URI which provides some additional context to the triple with which it is associated, providing an extra degree of freedom when it comes to managing RDF data."
- Named graphs for Jena
Terminology and Concepts
Example:- :g { :a :b :c. }
- GRAPH :g { :a :b :c. }
I'll call :g a graph IRI and :b a property IRI. Similarly, given {:a :a rdfs:Class}, I'll call :a a class IRI. etc.
