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Add note on the use of reifiers.
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gkellogg committed Jul 16, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -190,6 +190,14 @@ <h3>Triple Terms</h3>
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>

<p class="note">Using the <a>reifier</a> as an indirect way of referencing a <a>triple term</a>
allows annotations to be separated from each other,
which might be necessary if the same <a>triple term</a> was derived from different sources.
Annotations are always made on the <a>reifier</a>, which can be the <a>subject</a> or <a>object</a>
of different triples.
Concrete syntaxes, such as Turtle [[RDF12-TURTLE]],
may have shortcuts for describing a <a>triple term</a> with its <a>reifier</a>.</p>

<p>The following diagram represents a statement an a reification of an an unasserted <a>triple term</a>.</p>

<figure id="fig-triple-term">
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