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Add an informative definition for "reifying triple". (#98)
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* Add an informative definition for "reifying triple".

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Co-authored-by: Olaf Hartig <olaf.hartig@liu.se>
Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr <tthibodeau@openlinksw.com>
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Expand Up @@ -186,9 +186,11 @@ <h3>Triple Terms</h3>
For a <a>triple term</a> to be asserted,
it must also appear in a graph as an <a>asserted triple</a>.</p>

<p>A <a>triple term</a> can be used as the object of a <a>triple</a> with the predicate <code>rdf:reifies</code>.
<p>A <a>triple term</a> can be used as the object of a <a>triple</a> with the predicate <code>rdf:reifies</code>;
such a <a>triple</a> is then a <dfn>reifying triple</dfn>.
The <a>subject</a> of that <a>triple</a> is called a <dfn>reifier</dfn>.
Assertions on the <a>triple term</a> are made using the <a>reifier</a>.</p>
Assertions on the <a>triple term</a> are made using the <a>reifier</a>.
A concrete syntax may provide a special notation for specifying <a>reifying triples</a>.</p>

<p class="note">Using the <a>reifier</a> as an indirect way of referencing a <a>triple term</a>
allows multiple groups of assertions to be separated from each other,
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<li>Added <a href="#section-triple-terms" class="sectionRef"></a>
and definitions for <a>triple term</a> and <a>asserted triple</a>
and extended the definition of
<a>RDF triple</a> to permit triple terms as objects..
<a>RDF triple</a> to permit triple terms as objects.
Also defines <a>reifier</a> and <a>reifying triple</a>.</li>
<li>Added the <a>base direction</a> element as part of
a <a>literal</a>,
and a description of its use in <a href="#section-text-direction" class="sectionRef"></a>.</li>
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