Re: non opaque primary topics

On 7 May 2013 23:26, Markus Lanthaler <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net> wrote:

> URIs are opaque, so it doesn't matter at all :-)
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URIs are not opaque, the first : has a special meaning.  Sometimes the
final # has a special meaning.

Opacity is simply good engineering.

However, there's a tradeoff between opacity and utility.

For example ebay.com is worth millions more than
dhadkgkadgkdhakdhfkdhkhdadhs.com

Heuristics provide tips for search engines.

Given that I have to choose one of the 4 ... I'm trying to optimize which
to use.  The argument against # alone is that the javascript
window.location.hash may give an incorrect result, however the pro is that
# is very commonly used.  I like to try and keep consistent patterns where
possible, all other things being equal...


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> Cheers,
> Markus
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> ---------- Original Message -------------
> From: Melvin Carvalho [mailto:melvincarvalho@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 11:08 PM
> To: Semantic Web
> Subject: non opaque primary topics
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> the standard model in sem web seems to be
> <> foaf : primaryTopic <#relative-uri>
> I've seen 4 relatively common relative URIs used here and there
> 1. #me -- common in foafs
> 2. #i -- often used by timbl and tobyink
> 3. #this -- used by kingsley as per the 'this' keyword in OO
> 4. # -- used by facebook and others
> It's a very common case that a document will contain one primary topic and
> I
> want to standarize all of my pages (mainly robots) into one of these 4.
> It seems to me that (4) is the most sensible choice, after "it doesnt
> matter".
> Does anyone have any preference here?
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> Markus Lanthaler
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