[sc34wg3] Semicolon or not semicolon

[Dmitry]

On Thursday, January 31, 2008, at 09:06AM, "Lars Heuer" <heuer at semagia.com> wrote:
>[...]
>> syntax). If they fit into CTM is another question, I think. The idea
>> to create binary assocs with predefined role types (subject, object)
>> is sexy, but I wonder if this is the right thing for CTM.
>
>And if that's something for CTM and we want support it directly (not
>via the work-around), we could create a rule like this:
>
>    ctx-binary-assoc ::= <topic-ref> <topic-ref>
>
>Within the "topic" production without changing CTM too much. Maybe it
>would be a bit confusing because "isa" and "ako" use the same syntax
>without the standard subject/object role-types, though.
>
>   john o:works-for The-Beatles .
>
>becomes
>
>   o:works-for(tmrdf:subject: john, tmrdf:object: The-Beatles)

That would be great!

There was also a proposal to cover non SVO languages:

john o:works-for (_,The-Beatles) .
The-Beatles o:works-for (john,_) .

are mapped to the same 

o:works-for(tmrdf:subject: john, tmrdf:object: The-Beatles)

No need for templates so far!

Dmitry