this is not inherent to RDF

Author: pchampin

common/terms.html

@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
     A <a>blank node</a> does not contain
     a de-referenceable identifier because it is either ephemeral in nature
     or does not contain information that needs to be linked to from outside of the <a>linked data graph</a>.
-    A blank node is assigned an identifier starting with the prefix <code>_:</code>.</dd>
+    In JSON-LD,
+    a blank node is assigned an identifier starting with the prefix <code>_:</code>.</dd>
   <dt><dfn data-cite="RDF11-CONCEPTS#dfn-blank-node-identifier" class="preserve">blank node identifier</dfn></dt><dd>
     A <a>blank node identifier</a>
     is a string that can be used as an identifier for a <a>blank node</a> within the scope of a JSON-LD document.