anno-ISSUE-23: Should the media type of the target be stated to clarify FragmentSelector availability

anno-ISSUE-23: Should the media type of the target be stated to clarify FragmentSelector availability

http://www.w3.org/annotation/track/issues/23

Raised by: Benjamin Young
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The topic of Annotating CSVs came up as a use case recently:
https://www.w3.org/annotation/wiki/Annotating_CSV_Data

It is already possible to Annotate them by using CSV selectors defined in RFC 7111--which is associated with the `text/csv` media type:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7111

The current method of expressing which `oa:FragmentSelector` to use is by referencing the documentation for that selector via `dcterms:conformsTo`:
http://www.w3.org/TR/annotation-model/#fragment-selector

However, current practice and process dictates that fragment selectors be determined in relation to media type registration with IANA. Subsequent selector definitions (by extension) require a media type registration update.

As such, including the media type of a target (such as `text/csv`) would also imply how the value of `oa:FragmentSelector` should be handled.

Should the media type of the target be stated to clarify FragmentSelector availability?

Received on Wednesday, 4 March 2015 17:21:20 UTC