Re: W3C standardization process

I'm looking into the possibilities for implementing a RESTful API at the
moment. We've been thinking about what data format / media type we would
use. The two front-running candidates for us are Siren and Hydra. Neither
seem to have great tooling support or plentiful brilliant examples to learn
from at the moment.
I'm wondering whether the fact that JSON-LD has become a standard will make
it more likely that tools will be developed for it, which could help with
getting tools in place for Hydra; or whether the simpler format of Siren
and existing libraries (such as Siren4J) means we will see more of a
community forming more quickly around Siren.

There are of course other factors in the decision besides tooling support.

James.


On 22 January 2014 15:28, Markus Lanthaler <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:20 PM, James Langley wrote:
> > Now that JSON-LD has been accepted as a W3C standard, are there
> > aspirations for Hydra to also become a W3C standard?
>
> Definitely!
>
> That being said, I consider it much less important for a vocabulary to be
> standardized by a standardization organization such as W3C than for a data
> format like JSON-LD. Just look at Schema.org (btw., there's a draft [1] of
> how an integration of a subset of Hydra into Schema.org could look like).
> The most important thing at the moment is, IMO, to finalize the design and
> build tooling around it.
>
>
> > If so, what rough timeframe do you anticipate this taking in?
> > 6-12 months, 2-5 years, 10 years?
>
> Standardization is typically very slow so I would say it is in the 2-5
> years
> timeframe.
>
>
> Just out of curiosity: is there something that stops you using Hydra if it
> isn't a W3C standard? Or was your question just driven by curiosity like
> mine? :-)
>
>
> Cheers,
> Markus
>
>
> [1] http://www.hydra-cg.com/spec/latest/schema.org/
>
>
>
> --
> Markus Lanthaler
> @markuslanthaler
>
>