Re: [web-annotation] Language Literals not supported within the Body

Hi Rob, Ivan and Sergiu,

Like Sergiu, I was a bit surprised to see this issue being closed so 
quickly especially given that we did not have sufficient time to 
respond and discuss this in more detail.

Responding to Rob’s initial comments:

> Common practice for RDF -- Isn't our primary focus. We aim for 
compatibility and following best practices where possible, but not at 
the expense of ease of understanding and implementation.

I understand and agree, but see next comments...

> Allow multiple languages -- Is a big concern, and one that is 
addressed already with Choice + TextualBody with dc:language. It is 
explicit that it is a choice between two comparable resources, and not
 simply two different bodies.

I don’t see how having a Choice with multiple Textual Bodies each of 
them with a dc:language will help make it “easier to understand and to
 implement”, especially since JSON-LD allows you to have language-map 
to represent literals in multiple languages… what could be easier? 
Also, conceptually, there is nothing saying that all choices are 
closely related, in this case representing multiple facets of the same
 thing.

> Language is explicit -- I think that it is explicit already. It's 
associated with the resource, not the literal.

This is where I feel lies the biggest problem... as you mentioned the 
dc:language is meant to sate the language of the resource (and not the
 language of the metadata describing the resource). So, in this case, 
what is the resource?

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Received on Wednesday, 17 February 2016 14:35:45 UTC