NamedNode

See

• https://github.com/rdfjs/representation-task-force/wiki/Meeting-2016-03-11
• https://github.com/rdfjs/representation-task-force/wiki/Meeting-2016-03-18
• https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdfjs/2015Dec/0003.html - typing named nodes/blank nodes/literals

NamedNode (instead of IRI)

Pros

• Matches BlankNode notation
• Avoids cognitive overloading of the term -- IRI is an existing standard, with its own spec etc
• NamedNode contains an IRI
• existing specs and libraries: RDF-Interfaces, RDFLib.js, RDF-Ext
• somehow similar naming - owl:NamedIndividual
• if cases exist where a node has one or more IRIs and a value naming it IRI doesn't make sense - aka. smusing (merging) nodes
• if daft changes to use .iri instad of .value IRI.iri looks awkward

Cons

• Previous vote decided to go with IRI, so this would be a change/reversal
• Potentially less clear to developers new to RDF (IRI is a known/understandable concept, NamedNode potentially less so. However, this goes for BlankNode as well, and other RDF concepts)
• IRI is shorter
• ruby and python use URI/IRI terminology

Other options

• Python uses URIRef instead of named node or URI. Possibly an alternative option, IRIRef? (talk to Tim, etc)