Re: Finalizing the IriTemplate design - serialization name, no datatype/language (ISSUE-30 & ISSUE-17)

On Oct 15, 2014, at 10:20 AM, Markus Lanthaler <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net> wrote:

> It appears we have consensus on the serialization of URL template variables
> that includes language and type information [1] and its name
> (hydra:ExplicitRepresentation) [2]. The next thing we need to decide is how
> to name the serialization which does *not* include language and type
> information, i.e., it consists just of the lexical form.
> 
> We had quite some discussions about this and multiple proposals. Taking into
> consideration all those discussions and the fact that this is the type that
> most people without Semantic Web background will use I think the most
> reasonable choice is
> 
>   hydra: BasicRepresentation 
> 
> for variable serializations without datatype/language information. Close
> contenders were Value-/OnlyValue-/ValueOnlyRepresentation and
> LexicalRepresentation. Especially the latter requires knowledge of RDF
> terminology which I don't want to require for people who will use Hydra
> without a typical Semantic Web stack.
> 
> Just to make sure we are all on the same page, the hydra:BasicRepresention
> of the examples in [1] looks as follows:
> 
>  <http://example.com>
>  { "@id": "http://example.com" }
>    ----> http://example.com
> 
>  "A simple string"
>  { "@value": "A simple string" }
>    ----> A simple string
> 
>  """Also this " works"""
>  { "@value": "Also this \" works" }
>    ----> Also this " works
> 
>  "A language-tagged string"@en
>  { "@value": "A language-tagged string", "@language": "en" }
>    ----> A language-tagged string
> 
>  "5.5"^^xsd:xsd:decimal
>  { "@value": "5.5", "@language": "xsd:decimal" }
>    ----> 5.5
> 
> Just as with the previous proposal, please refrain from making new
> suggestions at this stage but let me know whether you like or don't like
> this name.

+1

> Thanks,
> Markus
> 
> 
> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-hydra/2014Oct/0027.html
> [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-hydra/2014Oct/0036.html
> 
> 
> --
> Markus Lanthaler
> @markuslanthaler
> 
> 
> 
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Received on Wednesday, 15 October 2014 17:48:30 UTC