totalItems vs void:triples

• From: Kjetil Kjernsmo <kjetil@kjernsmo.net>
• Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:29:22 +0200
• To: public-hydra@w3.org
• Message-Id: <201410101629.22387.kjetil@kjernsmo.net>

Hi all!

Just returning to implementing triple pattern fragments, I find myself 
wondering if it makes sense to have two predicates hydro:totalItems and 
void:triple with almost the same semantics. Well, the latter has been defined 
as an estimate for ages, the former isn't all that clearly defined, but since 
the TPF spec says they should have exactly the same subject and object, it 
practically means that... It sounds like a case of URI aliasing to me. 

So, I propose that one should be exact, the other may be an estimate. That 
could prove useful. And since void:triples has been non-exact for a long 
time, I think hydro:totalItems should be exact. 

IMHO, of course :-)

Kjetil

Received on Friday, 10 October 2014 14:29:59 UTC