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]> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the DC-PROVENANCE list, click the following link: http://jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=DC-PROVENANCE&A=1