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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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triples not statements
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Expand Up @@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ <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>,
<a>IRI references</a>, <a>blank node identifiers</a>,
and different ordering of statements. While these aspects can have great
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Unrelated: should that be "triples"?

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@afs -- Which "that"?

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"statements"

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I wouldn't argue with changing ordering of statements but given that this is talking about ways to encode the same <a>RDF graph</a> or <a>RDF dataset</a>, I think it must become ordering of triples and/or quads or possibly ordering of triples (and/or quads).

I see no strong reason not to make that tiny additional change within this PR, but if anyone objects to that, I ask that you create an issue referencing this discussion.

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Changed to "triples". "quads" aren't appropriate in this context, and N-Quads actually uses "statements" in some circumstances where N-Triples uses "triples". In this context, "triples" is correct.

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That would be tricky. Quads only appear in non-normative 4.3.

The definition of RDF Datasets is about graphs, and those graphs are sets of triples.

effect on the convenience of working with the <a>RDF document</a>,
they are not significant for its meaning.</p>
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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 may be absolute or relative.
However, the <a>IRI</a> that results from such a reference
only includes absolute IRIs; any <a>relative IRI references</a> are
resolved to their absolute form.
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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