- From: Andy Seaborne <andy@seaborne.org>
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:21:56 +0100
- To: Hugh Glaser <hugh@glasers.org>
- CC: Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
On 15/08/14 21:39, Hugh Glaser wrote: > Aw, how did I miss that - sorry, and thanks. > (I think I tend to skip stuff in boxes :-( ) > > So now I need to ask, is > Content type: application/spatql-results+thrift > correct? :-) No - that's a typo (fixed): http://afs.github.io/rdf-thrift/rdf-binary-thrift.html#sparql-result-set Content type: application/sparql-results+thrift File extensions: srt The W3C specs define application/sparql-results+xml, application/sparql-results+json and so ... Andy > > On 15 Aug 2014, at 20:06, Andy Seaborne <andy@seaborne.org> wrote: > >> >> >> On 15/08/14 18:08, Hugh Glaser wrote: >>> Thanks, Richard. >>> Yeah. >>> But it can be useful if you agree to mint the same MIME type as other people :-) >>> Would one use "application/rdf+thrift” or "application/rdf+x-thrift”, for example? >>> If I remember correctly, the x- usually indicates an unregistered type, but if the type is expected to get registered one day, then people often use the x-less one in anticipation, for future-proofing. >>> >>> It is especially useful to use an agreed type if you want to consume other peoples’ services/data (or let them consume yours). >>> Of course I realise that is rather unusual in the SemWeb world, but it does happen ;-) >> >> >> http://afs.github.io/rdf-thrift/rdf-binary-thrift.html#graphs-and-datasets >> >> suggests: >> >> Content type: application/rdf+thrift >> File extensions: rt, trdf >> >> Andy >> >>> >>> Best >>> Hugh >>> On 15 Aug 2014, at 17:15, Richard Lewis <richard.lewis@gold.ac.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Hugh, >>>> >>>> While there is a process for registering media types, it's not >>>> necessary for media types to be deposited in some central store in >>>> order to build hypermedia applications using them. In fact, it's quite >>>> common to mint media types specifically for certain applications. >>>> >>>> If your application design follows RESTful principles, there will be >>>> an application state (or probably multiple states) in which the client >>>> can discover the media types of resources he/she may want to >>>> retrieve. So if you want to make "application/rdf+thrift" (for >>>> example) available for some resources in your application, you can go >>>> right ahead; just make sure you tell the client is told that it's >>>> available. >>>> >>>> Just my 2p. >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> At Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:36:44 +0100, >>>> Hugh Glaser wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Andy, >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> Looks very useful. >>>>> >>>>> This may be a stoopid question… :-) >>>>> As I am able to use this for network data exchange, presumably I can request it using conneg over http when resolving URIs. >>>>> So I would need a MIME type. >>>>> I see application/x-thrift is required in http://wiki.apache.org/thrift/ThriftIntegrationConventions?highlight=%28application%2Fx-thrift%29 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So now the possibly stooped bit… >>>>> Is there a recommended variant for RDF-Thrift? >>>>> Because I might want to ask for the Thrift version of another content-type, such as non-LD JSON. >>>>> >>>>> It looks like the same problem as RDF+XML, since I might want another XML content-type of the document. >>>>> >>>>> Best >>>>> Hugh >>>>> >>>>> On 15 Aug 2014, at 15:19, Andy Seaborne <andy@apache.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> RDF Binary using Apache Thrift >>>>>> >>>>>> This is a binary format for RDF graphs, datasets and SPARQL result >>>>>> sets that is fast to process. [1] >>>>>> >>>>>> http://afs.github.io/rdf-thrift/ >>>>>> >>>>>> includes the on-the-wire description as well as an implementation. >>>>>> >>>>>> Using Apache Thrift makes it considerably less work to integrate >>>>>> into existing systems and toolkits, or to build custom >>>>>> processing. [2] >>>>>> >>>>>> Comments and feedback welcome, >>>>>> Andy >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] The largest gain is on reading data, with rates x3 faster than >>>>>> parsing N-Triples. >>>>>> >>>>>> [2] Apache thrift has a large number of implementations across a >>>>>> range of languages: http://wiki.apache.org/thrift/LibraryFeatures >>>> -- >>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >>>> Richard Lewis >>>> Computing, Goldsmiths' College >>>> t: +44 (0)20 7078 5203 >>>> @: lewisrichard >>>> http://www.transforming-musicology.org/ >>>> 905C D796 12CD 4C6E CBFB 69DA EFCE DCDF 71D7 D455 >>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >>> >> >
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