Re: Base URI in updates?

Ok, thanks for clarifying. Comments below

On 5/18/10 4:29 AM, "Andy Seaborne" <andy.seaborne@talis.com> wrote:
> Concretely:
> If relative IRI <x> is in the payload for the request
>   PUT /rdf-graphs/employees?graph=http://otherserver/consultant/56
> what is the proposed resolved absolute IRI?

In the current form, the resolved absolute IRI would be

  /rdf-graphs/employees/x

> 
> If it's not
> 
>    http://otherserver/consultant/x
> 
> then it's going to be quite confusing because the same message sent to
> different service endpoints but the same graph=IRI has different
> absolute IRIs in it.

Going back to diagram of resolution precedence:

      |  .----------------------------------------------------.  |
         |  |  .----------------------------------------------.  |  |
         |  |  |  .----------------------------------------.  |  |  |
         |  |  |  |  .----------------------------------.  |  |  |  |
         |  |  |  |  |       <relative-reference>       |  |  |  |  |
         |  |  |  |  `----------------------------------'  |  |  |  |
         |  |  |  | (5.1.1) Base URI embedded in content   |  |  |  |
         |  |  |  `----------------------------------------'  |  |  |
         |  |  | (5.1.2) Base URI of the encapsulating entity |  |  |
         |  |  |         (message, representation, or none)   |  |  |
         |  |  `----------------------------------------------'  |  |
         |  | (5.1.3) URI used to retrieve the entity            |  |
         |  `----------------------------------------------------'  |
         | (5.1.4) Default Base URI (application-dependent)         |
         `----------------------------------------------------------'
  
The only way the absolute IRI would be otherwise would be if (5.1.2)
applied.  This would require an intuitive interpretation of the following
(with respect to the URI embedding mechanism we are using for indirect
reference):

[[[
For a document that is enclosed within another entity, such as a message or
archive, the retrieval context is that entity. Thus, the default base URI of
a representation is the base URI of the entity in which the representation
is encapsulated. 
]]]

I can understand how the behavior without 'filling in' 5.1.2 for the HTTP
RDF protocol would be counter intuitive for documents where the graph IRI is
embedded in the query component but the payload does not have an embedded
Base, but I can't think of a cohorent piece of text that describes how the
payload can be said to be 'enclosed' or 'encapsulated' within (presumably) a
representation of http://otherserver/consultant/56.  Can you suggest
something?

-- Chime


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