Informal definition of quad. (#12)

Informal definition of quad.

Fixes #5.

Author: gkellogg

spec/common/README.md

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ This repository is meant to be used as a submodule in multiple repository holdin
 
 The `participants.js` Node script can be used to retrieve the list of working group participants. It requires an API Key.
 
-    node participants.js <apikey> wg/rdf-star > participantes.html
+    node participants.js <apikey> wg/rdf-star > participants.html

spec/common/local-biblio.js

@@ -285,4 +285,14 @@ var localBibliography = {
     "status": "WD",
     "publisher": "W3C"
   },
+  "CBD": {
+    "title": "CBD - Concise Bounded Description",
+    "href": "https://www.w3.org/Submission/CBD/",
+    "authors": [
+      "Patrick Stickler, Nokia"
+    ],
+    "rawDate": "2005-06-03",
+    "publisher": "W3C",
+    "status": "W3C Member Submission"
+  },
 };

spec/common/participants.html

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Members of the RDF-star Working Group Group included Adrian Gschwend, Andy Seaborne, Antoine Zimmermann, Dan Brickley, David Chaves-Fraga, Dominik Tomaszuk, Dörthe Arndt, Enrico Franconi, Fabien Gandon, Gregg Kellogg, Gregory Williams, Jesse Wright, Julián Arenas-Guerrero, Olaf Hartig, Ora Lassila, Pasquale Lisena, Peter Patel-Schneider, Pierre-Antoine Champin, Raphaël Troncy, Ruben Taelman, Rémi Ceres, Sarven Capadisli, Souripriya Das, Ted Thibodeau, and Timothée HAUDEBOURG.
+Members of the RDF-star Working Group Group included Adrian Gschwend, Andy Seaborne, Antoine Zimmermann, Dan Brickley, David Chaves-Fraga, Dominik Tomaszuk, Dörthe Arndt, Enrico Franconi, Fabien Gandon, Gregg Kellogg, Gregory Williams, Jesse Wright, Julián Arenas-Guerrero, Olaf Hartig, Ora Lassila, Pasquale Lisena, Peter Patel-Schneider, Pierre-Antoine Champin, Raphaël Troncy, Ruben Taelman, Rémi Ceres, Sarven Capadisli, Souripriya Das, Ted Thibodeau, and Timothée Haudebourg.

spec/common/participants.js

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ const process = require('process');
 const APIKEY = process.env.APIKEY || process.argv[2];
 const GROUP = process.env.GROUP || process.argv[3] || "wg/rdf-star";
 
-if (!APIKEY || !GROUP) {
-  console.error('Error: APIKEY and GROUP must be specified as either environment variables or command-line arguments.');
+if (!APIKEY) {
+  console.error('Error: APIKEY must be specified as either an environment variable or a command-line argument.');
   process.exit(1);
 }
 

spec/index.html

@@ -816,6 +816,28 @@ <h3>Content Negotiation of RDF Datasets</h3>
       the consumer is expected to use the <a data-lt="rdf dataset">RDF dataset's</a> default graph.</p>
 
     </section>
+
+    <section id="section-dataset-quad" class="informative">
+      <h3>Dataset as a Set of Quads</h3>
+
+      <p>A <dfn>quad</dfn> is a <a>triple</a> associated with an optional <a>graph name</a>
+        and is used when referring to triples within an <a>RDF dataset</a>.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>A <a>quad</a> can be represented as a tuple composed of <a>subject</a>, <a>predicate</a>, <a>object</a>,
+        and an optional <a>graph name</a>.</p>
+
+      <p>An <a>RDF dataset</a> can be considered to be a set of <a>quads</a>
+        where quads with no <a>graph name</a> supply the <a>triples</a> of the <a>default graph</a>,
+        and quads with the same graph name
+        supply the triples of the <a>named graph</a> with that name.</p>
+
+      <p class="note">Although a <a>quad</a> without a <a>graph name</a>
+        consists of the same three components as a <a>triple</a>,
+        it is a distinct concept,
+        as it specifically captures the notion of a triple within the <a>default graph</a>
+        of an <a>RDF dataset</a>.</p>
+    </section>
 </section>
 
 <section id="section-Datatypes">
@@ -1344,7 +1366,7 @@ <h2>Internationalization Considerations</h2>
   <h2>Acknowledgments</h2>
 
   <section class="informative">
-    <h3>Acknowledgements for RDF 1.0</h3>
+    <h3>Acknowledgments for RDF 1.0</h3>
 
     <p>The editors of the original version of the spec were
       Graham Klyne (Nine by Nine) and
@@ -1405,7 +1427,7 @@ <h3>Acknowledgements for RDF 1.0</h3>
   </section>
 
   <section class="informative">
-    <h3>Acknowledgements for RDF 1.1</h3>
+    <h3>Acknowledgments for RDF 1.1</h3>
 
     <p>The editors of the RDF 1.1 version of the spec were
       Richard Cyganiak (DERI),
@@ -1431,7 +1453,7 @@ <h3>Acknowledgements for RDF 1.1</h3>
   </section>
 
   <section class="informative">
-    <h3>Acknowledgements for RDF 1.2</h3>
+    <h3>Acknowledgments for RDF 1.2</h3>
 
     <p>In addition to the editors, the following people have contributed to this specification:
       <span id="gh-contributors"></span>
@@ -1454,13 +1476,12 @@ <h2>Changes between RDF 1.0 and RDF 1.1</h2>
   <h2>Changes between RDF 1.1 and RDF 1.2</h2>
 
   <ul>
-    
+    <li>Added <a href="#section-dataset-quad" class="sectionRef"></a>
+      for informative definition of a <a>quad</a>.</li>
   </ul>
 </section>
 
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