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Dear all,

The RDF Working Group met last week [1,2] and made progress on 
clarifying the typology of "named graphs":

-- The "RDF Graph" of the 2004 RDF Semantics -- a graph in the 
   mathematical sense, as a set of triples -- is clarified as being
   an immutable and abstract "Graph Snapshot" (a name I personally
   find more helpful).

-- A "Graph Container" is a concrete and usually mutable entity, such
   as a file or database content. 
   
-- An "RDF Serialization" (or "Graph Serialization", a name I personally
   find more helpful) is "a textual encoding of an RDF Graph in some sort 
   of accepted syntax (Turtle, RDF/XML, etc)".

Tom

[1] http://www.w3.org/blog/SW/2011/10/18/second-rdf-wg-face-to-face-meeting/
[2] http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/meeting/2011-10-12

-- 
Tom Baker <[log in to unmask]>

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