Re: Linked Data Platform - Next

Hi Henry,

Actually, it does:
https://solid.github.io/specification/#uri-slash-semantics

On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 at 13:55, Henry Story <henry.story@bblfish.net> wrote:

>
>
> > On 18 Jul 2020, at 19:50, Aaron Coburn <acoburn@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Second (related to the FS analogy mentioned earlier): Solid puts a lot
> of emphasis on the semantics of slashes in URLs (e.g. containers always end
> with slashes), which means the LDP interaction model can be derived from
> the other parts of a request, rather than from client-supplied Link
> headers. This (arguably) simplifies the client-server interaction, since
> clients no longer need to supply explicit link headers when creating
> resources; the idea here is that HTTP clients already supply a request URL
> and Content-Type and web developers are (arguably) more familiar with those
> compared to link headers. This also means that, when building Solid on top
> of LDP, the server can accept an explicit interaction model, but if one
> isn't present, a server-level filter can derive one from other information
> in the request. And since Solid only uses basic containment, there are
> really only three relevant interaction models: LDP-RS, LDP-NR and LDP-BC.
>
> Solid makes no requirements on slashes. Those are given as examples, as
> they
> help make intuitive sense of the protocols, as they map nicely to file
> system
> intuitions. Clients and servers have to discover resources by following
> links.
>
> Henry Story
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Received on Saturday, 18 July 2020 18:39:32 UTC