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hobbit-project / hobbit-project.github.io

Documentation of the HOBBIT benchmarking platform.
https://hobbit-project.github.io/
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Inconsistent use of "a" and "rdf:type" #7

Closed mhoangvslev closed 1 year ago

mhoangvslev commented 1 year ago

I recommend the consistent use of "rdf:type" in the .nt files instead of mixing "rdf:type" and "a".

MichaelRoeder commented 1 year ago

Which file are you referring to?

mhoangvslev commented 1 year ago

I was referring to all Abox, Tbox files

MichaelRoeder commented 1 year ago

This project is about the documentation of the HOBBIT project. This project supports a lot of benchmarks and systems. Hence, I would suggest that you are more precise what exactly you refer to.

However, the usage of a and rdf:type means that the nt files you have are in the turtle format. When you look into the W3C reference, you will find the following sentence: 

The token 'a' in the predicate position of a Turtle triple represents the IRI http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type .

From this sentence, it follows that a can be used to replace rdf:type but it doesn't have to be used. Hence, from the point of view of the serialization, it is not an error.