Re: GRDDL Test Documents - moving all the tests, including approved tests?

On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 10:33 -0400, Chimezie Ogbuji wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2007, Dan Connolly wrote:
> 
> > I would rather not use that part of the OWL test process.
> >
> > The URI of a test is an integral part of the test, especially
> > for EARL reporting purposes. If you move the test in URI space,
> > you modify it substantially, such that at least *my* approval
> > of it is void, and I think the WG's approval of it should be
> > void.
> 
> I don't see how simply moving the URI of a test (consistently) voids the 
> approval, especially if the change is to the URI *only*.  I.e., consider 
> if as part of the test we calculate a checksum of some kind for the source 
> document.  If we move the URI, but the checksum is the same, is it really useful to 
> consider it a different test?

yes. All the RDF statements made about some URI don't
apply to some other URI. You can layer relative path conventions
on top, but that's an expense I'd rather not take on.


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