Re: use of @base

On May 16, 2016, at 17:57, Jim Balhoff <balhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I am trying to understand how @base works. I’m running into a possible discrepancy between the JSON-LD playground and Java API and the documentation. I would like to use relative IRIs within my document, and specify the base IRI within the document for resolving these. I also have a remote context I would like to reference. This is working in the JSON-LD playground in this example:
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> http://tinyurl.com/htvmc7d
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> When I have @base in the embedded context, it is used for interpreting the relative IRIs. (“1234” is expanded to "http://example.org/person/1234”). If I remove @base from the embedded context, the @base in the remote context is used.
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> However, I found that when using the jsonld-java API, any @base is ignored whenever I include any remote context. I assumed this was a bug at first, but the docs seem to suggest this is intended:
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> "Please note that the @base will be ignored if used in external contexts."
> http://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/#base-iri

Yes, that's correct, as it doesn't make sense for a single external context to resolve relative IRIs for every document using it.

> And an older version of that document says: "JSON-LD has no equivalent for the Turtle @base declaration”
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-json-ld-syntax-20120712/#prefix-definitions
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> Is the JSON-LD playground behavior in error?

No, your interpretation that a local context defining @base overrides a previous definition and the actual document load location.

Note, however, that properties and @type are "vocabulary relative", and may make use of @vocab, but this doesn't seem to be what you're running into.

You can also try my distiller at http://rdf.greggkellogg.net/distiller,as,a,different data point.

If this is ambiguous, it might call for an additional expansion test, but I'm not in a place to check right now?

Gregg

> Thank you,
> Jim Balhoff
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>

Received on Tuesday, 17 May 2016 18:14:09 UTC