status of patch

The basic resources we produced before we set PATCH aside:

    https://www.w3.org/2012/ldp/wiki/LDP_PATCH_Proposals
    https://www.w3.org/2001/sw/wiki/PatchRequirements


Why I gave up:

    For my applications, I can't set aside the first two "general
    requirements",  Universality (patching any graph to any graph) and
    Tractability.  But I saw no way to meet them while still being
    standards compliant.

Why I said we could solve this in half an hour:

    Because I know how to meet them now.   Use "Virtual Skolemization",
    where graphs with bnodes *appear* to be Skolemized when accessed via
    the patch-specific media type(s).    I updated TurtlePatch to use
    this technique (although it's not explained perfectly).

Talking to Alexandre, today, it became clear his requirements are 
different.  He doesn't care about Universality, so he has lots of other 
options.   And given that, he finds the Skolemization thing too 
painful/ugly.  And it is, if you don't happen to need it.

         -- Sandro

Received on Thursday, 17 April 2014 03:48:30 UTC