Re: When will validator be available?

* Elin K. Jacob <ejacob@indiana.edu> [2012-12-04 01:22-0500]
> In the metadata class that I teach, I have students complete a final project that involves creating a metadata schema for a domain of their choice as well as a set of records using their schema elements.  I usually require that all of their rdf statements be validated using the W3C RDF Validation Service.  I have found that it is very instructive for them to use the validator to check their syntax and to verify their semantics using the graph -- figuring out what is wrong when something doesn't validate is an excellent (tho sometimes frustrating) learning experience.
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> Their projects will be due in a week and the validator has not been available for several days now -- I have gotten the message "The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later" every time I have attempted to validate something.

The server performing validation was inded down for a from Friday (I believe) until Tuesday (it was reported on Monday afternoon). http://www.w3.org/RDF/Validator/ should be working now. Could you confirm that you still see the problem?

Thank you for teaching RDF to your students!


> Can you tell me if/when the validator will be available so that I can pass this information on to my students? 
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> Thank you,
> 
> elin
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> Elin K. Jacob, PhD
> Associate Professor
> School of Library & Information Science
> Indiana University Bloomington
> 011 Wells Library, 1320 E. 10th St.
> Bloomington  IN  47405
> Phone:  812.855.4671
> Email:  ejacob@indiana.edu
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-- 
-ericP

Received on Thursday, 6 December 2012 14:42:03 UTC