- From: Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:53:09 +0000
- To: public-ldp-wg@w3.org
On 11/12/12 13:21, David Wood wrote: > On Dec 10, 2012, at 19:24, Ashok Malhotra <ashok.malhotra@oracle.com> wrote: > >> >> On 12/10/2012 2:37 PM, Wilde, Erik wrote: >>>> - Can collections contain collections i.e. are collections hierarchical? >>>>> (we may decide, no) >>> this is a very important point. >> I agree. Let's see what other members of the WG feel about this issue. >> For example, suppose for a minute that the content was RDF. Does a hierarchical >> collection structure map gracefully to the RDF model? > > An important point indeed! > > Hierarchies of containers are necessary in my opinion, but I can't see a good reason not to allow (MAY) a graph structure that would map cleanly to the RDF model. > > URIs are hierarchical, and so are file systems, but links work in both systems, making graphs. > > Does anyone have a good argument against containers within containers (I hope not). I'll go further - I don't think it is possible to ban them. A link in a container is a link - it can be a link to anything (including outside of this LDP platform, or outside of any LDP platform). So it can be a link to a container. Andy > > Regards, > Dave > > >> >> Ashok >> >
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