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Explain _:abc syntax
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<a data-cite="RDF12-CONCEPTS#dfn-rdf-term">RDF term</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Blank node identifiers are
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<a data-cite="?RDF12-CONCEPTS#note-bnode-id">part of
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SPARQL and RDF concrete serializations</a>.
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In this document, the syntax form "<code>_:abc</code>" is used where the
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<a data-cite="RDF12-CONCEPTS#dfn-blank-node-identifier">blank node identifier</a>
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is <code>abc</code>. and the "<code>_:</code>" is
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the Turtle and SPARQL syntax used to introduce blank nodes with
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identifiers.
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</p>
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</section>
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</section>
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foaf:mbox &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt; ]
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</pre>
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<p>This is the same as writing the following basic graph pattern for some uniquely
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allocated blank node identifier, "<code>b18</code>":</p>
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allocated blank node identifier in the syntax <code>_:b18</code>:</p>
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<pre class="query nohighlight">
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_:b18 foaf:name ?name .
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_:b18 foaf:mbox &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt; .

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