@@ -1534,29 +1534,20 @@ <h4>Patterns of RDFS entailment (Informative)</h4>
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< section id ="rdf_datasets ">
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< h2 > RDF Datasets</ h2 >
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- <!--
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- <p>An RDF <a data-cite="RDF12-CONCEPTS#section-dataset">dataset</a> (see [[!RDF12-CONCEPTS]])
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- is a finite set of RDF graphs each paired with an IRI or blank node called the <strong>graph name</strong>,
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- plus a <strong>default graph</strong>, without a <a>name</a>.
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- Graphs in a single dataset may share blank nodes.
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- The association of graph name IRIs with graphs is used by SPARQL [[?SPARQL12-QUERY]]
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- to allow queries to be directed against particular graphs.</p>
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- -->
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< p > < a > RDF datasets</ a > ,
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defined in RDF Concepts [[!RDF12-CONCEPTS]],
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package up zero or more named RDF graphs along with a single unnamed, default RDF graph.
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The graphs in a single dataset may share blank nodes.
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- The association of graph < a > name </ a > IRIs with graphs is used by SPARQL [[?SPARQL12-QUERY]]
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+ SPARQL [[?SPARQL12-QUERY]] associates graph names with graphs
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to allow queries to be directed against particular graphs.</ p >
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< p > Graph names in a dataset may denote something other than the graph they are paired with.
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- This allows IRIs denoting other kinds of entities, such as persons,
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- to be used in a dataset to < a > identify</ a > graphs of information relevant to the entity < a > denoted</ a > by the graph name IRI .</ p >
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+ This allows IRIs or blank nodes denoting other kinds of entities, such as persons,
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+ to be used in a dataset to < a > identify</ a > graphs of information relevant to the entity < a > denoted</ a > by the graph name.</ p >
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< p > When a graph name is used inside RDF triples in a dataset it may or may not denote the graph it names.
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The semantics does not require, nor should RDF engines presume,
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- without some external reason to do so, that graph names used in RDF triples denote to the graph they name.</ p >
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+ without some external reason to do so, that graph names used in RDF triples denote the graph they name.</ p >
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< p > RDF datasets MAY be used to express RDF content.
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When used in this way, a dataset SHOULD be understood to have at least the same content as its default graph.
@@ -1579,7 +1570,7 @@ <h2>RDF Datasets</h2>
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is a set:< br />
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{ G, (<u< sub > 1</ sub > >, G< sub > 1</ sub > ), (<u< sub > 2</ sub > >, G< sub > 2</ sub > ), . .
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. (<u< sub > n</ sub > >, G< sub > n</ sub > ) }< br >
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- where n≥0 and G and each G< sub > i</ sub > are graphs, and each <u< sub > i</ sub > > is an IRI. Each
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+ where n≥0, G and each G< sub > i</ sub > are graphs, and each <u< sub > i</ sub > > is an IRI or blank node . Each
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<u< sub > i</ sub > > is distinct.</ p >
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< p > G is called the default graph. (<u< sub > i</ sub > >, G< sub > i</ sub > ) are called named
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graphs.</ p >
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