[Versa] Question about query

[Uche Ogbuji]

On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 11:57 -0600, Michael Olson wrote:
> On Sep 4, 2005, at 10:07 AM, Uche Ogbuji wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 12:15 -0600, Michael Olson wrote:
> >> On Sep 1, 2005, at 12:02 PM, Chimezie Ogbuji wrote:
> >>
> >>>> The following is a legal expression in Versa:
> >>>>
> >>>>    <http://foo.com>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> This doesn't look like current Versa syntax for identifying resources
> >>> (unless you had the previously suggested <..uri ..> form in mind -
> >>> from N3), so I'll assume you meant (@'http://foo.com').
> >>
> >> see
> >> http://lists.fourthought.com/pipermail/versa/2005-August/000086.html
> >> and issue 1010 in the issue log.
> >>
> >> Since I've received no objections to the proposal I've moved it to
> >> accepted so it is valid next gen versa.
> >
> > I don't think this is proper procedure.  Even when we've all three
> > caught up on all threads, all we have is a set of proposals.
> 
> Then what is proper procedure?  WRT N3 syntax all three of us have  
> stated that we agree it should be in there.  So I added it.

Maybe I misunderstood.  Regardless, since (I think) we want feedback
from others, I think we have to be careful not to give the impression
that something is set in stone before we have processed that feedback.

I think that if you'd said "is in the draft next gen versa spec" rather
than "is valid next gen versa", it would not have raised my eyebrows.


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