Notes on RDF application framework (from IRC)


"the semantics behind the assignment of numbered container-membership
properties (ie. rdf:_n) to members of RDF containers (Seq, Alt, Bag) is
application specific. Generic RDF processors should make no assumptions
about continuity of these numbered properties (eg. rdf_1, rdf_2, rdf_34223
is a reasonable sequence). While some RDF application contexts may support
or employ automatic renumbering of these container properties, other
applications are likely to employ 'gappy' sequences of numbered container
membership properties (eg. to maintain a correlation with another sequence
elsewhere, such as street numbers). RDF processors should not make
closed-world assumptions about container membership (ie. a description of
a Bag/Seq/Alt might well provide only a partial unumeration of its
members). RDF processors can make use of additional information provided
in RDF to understand more accuraately the semantics associated with
particular uses of the basic RDF container constructs."