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Adds a definition for "IRI reference". #57

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Adds a definition for "IRI reference".
gkellogg Aug 9, 2023
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Update spec/index.html
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Clarify language about absolute IRIs
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Expand Up @@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ <h2>RDF Documents and Syntaxes</h2>
many different ways to encode the same <a>RDF graph</a> or
<a>RDF dataset</a>, for example through the use of
<a>namespace prefixes</a>,
<a>relative IRI references</a>, <a>blank node identifiers</a>,
and different ordering of statements. While these aspects can have great
<a>IRI references</a>, <a>blank node identifiers</a>,
and different ordering of triples. While these aspects can have great
effect on the convenience of working with the <a>RDF document</a>,
they are not significant for its meaning.</p>
</section>
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<dfn data-lt="URI" data-lt-noDefault><abbr title="Uniform Resource Identifier">URI</abbr>s</dfn>
[[RFC3986]] that permits a wider range of Unicode characters.
Every absolute URI and URL is an IRI, but not every IRI is an URI.
In RDF, IRIs are used as <em>IRI references</em>, as defined in [[RFC3987]].
In RDF, IRIs are used as <dfn data-lt="iri reference">IRI references</dfn>, as defined in [[RFC3987]]
<a data-cite="RFC3987#section-1.3">section 1.3</a>.
An IRI reference is common usage of an Internationalized Resource Identifier.
An IRI reference refers to either <a>IRI</a> or <a>relative IRI reference</a>,
as described by the <em>IRI-reference</em> production in <a href="#iri-abnf" class="sectionRef"></a>.
The abstract syntax uses only fully resolved <a>IRIs</a>.
When IRIs are used in operations that are only
defined for URIs, they must first be converted according to
the mapping defined in
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