Re: IRI escaping in CTM?

Hi Andrew,

[...]
> How would I specify either the relative IRI 'foo:bar' used as an
> item locator or http://example.com/path/foo:bar to get CTM not to complain?

You have to use <> for rootless IRIs:

    <foo:bar> isa baz.

(foo would be your schema name in this case)


This should work, though:

    http://example.com/path/foo:bar isa something.


IRIs which start with <schema-name> '://' are detected automatically.
Schemas like "mailto", "urn" etc. require the delimiters:

    <mailto:[email protected]> isa duck.


Invalid examples:

    mailto:[email protected] isa duck.

    foo:bar isa baz. # (unless foo was defined as prefix)


[...]
> As an aside, the whole CTM "qname" with prefixes vs XML Namespace
> "QName" as orthogonal naming pair semantic dissonance seems to be
> wrong.  Is it too late to change the terminology from 'qname' in
> CTM?

Yes, the train has left the station. In four (?) years we may revise
the CTM specification acc. to ISO regularities.

Best regards,
Lars
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