Re: Defining "LD" (was Re: Branding?)

On 7/28/11 3:28 PM, Danny Ayers wrote:
> On 28 July 2011 20:45, Dave Longley<dlongley@digitalbazaar.com>  wrote:
>> On 07/28/2011 02:19 PM, Manu Sporny wrote:
>>> I have an issue with "Labeled and Directed" - try using it in a
>>> conversation with a Web Developer that doesn't know about this area - Linked
>>> Data, Semantic Web, etc. It will take quite a bit to explain to them what
>>> "Labeled and Directed" means.
> Ah, right, I can imagine. I guess that should be dropped.
>
>>> Kingsley, Dave, Danny - what about:
>>>
>>> "JSON for Linking Data" - JSON-LD
>>>
>>> That way, the name itself is fairly self-explanatory and we don't muddy
>>> the waters by using the "Linked Data" terminology in the spec's name. We can
>>> have a definition of "Linked Data" in the spec, and tell them that is the
>>> ideal we want to move towards, but that the "JSON for Linking Data" allows
>>> them to express Linked Data as well as other types of non-Linked data.
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> -- manu
>>>
>> I would be fine with "JSON for Linking Data".
> Me too.
>

Me too re:

1. "JSON for Linking Data" or;
2. "LD" meaning "Linked Data" where we leverage the use of *SHOULD* re. 
de-referencavble IRIs to accommodate Blank Node edge cases.

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Received on Thursday, 28 July 2011 19:40:14 UTC