Re: totalItems vs void:triples

Hi,

Sounds like a very reasonable proposal to me. So, +1

The question is whether this requirement (i.e., hydra:totalItems should be 
exact) is too strict for other use cases.

Best,
Olaf


On Friday 10 October 2014 16:29:22 Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote:
> 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 19:40:32 UTC