Hi Quentin,

I have been able to recreate this issue and reported to development to look 
into ...

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On 19 Aug 2014, at 02:21, Quentin <quent...@clearbluewater.com.au> wrote:

> The below example shows a problem with displayed output, both in conductor 
> and the sparql endpoint.
> 
> When a string contains multiple spaces in its data (the inserted object) then 
> those spaces are collapsed to one in the output.  If this output is 
> subsequently used in some way then the used value will not match the actual 
> value and lead to some confusion.  The commented filter is a cut and paste 
> from the displayed output.
> 
> I suppose the solution is to use html entities in the output?
> 
> I encountered the issue when dealing with user data that had inadvertently 
> double-spaced a name field.  When attempting to match the displayed value in 
> a construct, it failed to bind.  The problem is therefore not merely cosmetic 
> as copying and pasting output values into conditions is a fairly frequent 
> activity for a sparql developer and data entry errors are something we have 
> to live with.
> 
> ===================
> sparql
> with <spaceTest>
> insert {
> <test> <testPred> "Two spaces -->  <--"^^xsd:string .
> };
> 
> sparql
> with <spaceTest>
> select *
> {
> ?S ?P ?O .
> #filter ( ?O = "Two spaces --> <--"^^xsd:string )
> };
> ===================
> 
> -- 
> Quentin | Clear Blue Water Pty Ltd
> quent...@clearbluewater.com.au
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