- From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:54:51 -0400
- To: Steve Harris <steve.harris@garlik.com>
- Cc: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>, Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>, Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>, public-rdf-comments Comments <public-rdf-comments@w3.org>, Giovanni Tummarello <giovanni.tummarello@deri.org>, Graham Klyne <gk@ninebynine.org>
I agree 100%. David On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 12:05 +0100, Steve Harris wrote: > +1 > > This is one of the few annoyances in RDF that we can fix with little pain. > > - Steve > > On 2012-08-08, at 12:01, Richard Cyganiak wrote: > > > Dan, > > > > On 8 Aug 2012, at 00:14, Dan Brickley wrote: > >> Does Sindice keep a cache of raw crawled RDF somewhere? > > > > My understanding is that there are caches of raw bytes. > > > >> I know this would be extra work for someone though :( > > > > I can't speak for Giovanni, but I think this might be a slight understatement given that the standard Sindice infrastructure cannot be used, and given that the behaviour of normal off-the-shelf components and of the whole SPARQL stack with regard to spaces in URIs would need to be carefully looked into to analyze this (in other words, this isn't a job for an intern). It may not be worth it. > > > > Some points: > > > > 1. RDF 2004 is the only standard on the planet that allows spaces in URIs/IRIs > > > > 2. This is the result of historical accident and WG timing (the IRI spec was still in draft status, and the 2004 RDF-WG thought it important to remain compatible with early IRI drafts) > > > > 3. Spaces in URIrefs don't actually work interoperably in implementations of RDF 2004 > > > > 4. Spaces in URIrefs don't work within the broader RDF stack (SPARQL doesn't support them) > > > > 5. Not a single instance where spaces in URIrefs are used intentionally has been shown > > > > 6. Not a single instance where SPARQL's non-support for spaces in IRIs has led to user complaints has been shown > > > > 7. The RDF-WG charter asks the WG to update RDF to follow SPARQL with regard to IRIs > > > > To me, this is sufficient evidence that the change we made for RDF 1.1 is the right thing to do. > > > > Best, > > Richard > -- David Booth, Ph.D. http://dbooth.org/ Opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of his employer.
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