- From: John Arwe <johnarwe@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 13:40:19 -0400
- To: Linked Data Platform WG <public-ldp-wg@w3.org>
- Cc: public-ldp-patch@w3.org
Received on Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:41:07 UTC
For the portfolio of implementations I ride herd over, blank nodes are very rarely used because we expect over time to need to index much of it and that's just easier if there's a URI (even a hash URI, which is how most of our implementations get rid of their blank nodes). It's usually easy enough to generate a hash URI algorithmically, hence consistently, for the kinds of data we're exposing today. There are a few places that have RDF lists etc, so they're still lurking, but we're careful to allow use of those constructs only in parts of the model that we don't expect to query over later with any regularity. And more central to this discussion is that blank nodes are typically used in what LDP calls "server managed properties", so there is essentially zero chance of them processing PATCH requests over them. Best Regards, John Voice US 845-435-9470 BluePages Tivoli OSLC Lead - Show me the Scenario
Received on Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:41:07 UTC