Re: Issues with disjoint graph modelling

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On Jul 31, 2011, at 5:09 AM, "Alexandre Passant" <alex@seevl.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I like the idea of disjoint graphs exposed in 9.2. and that's definitely useful.
> Yet, I'm not convinced by the use of @ to express this.
> 
> {
>  "@":
>  [
>    {
>      "@": "http://example.org/people#john",
>      "a": "foaf:Person"
>    },
>    {
>      "@": "http://example.org/people#jane",
>      "a": "foaf:Person"
>    }
>  ]
> }
> 
> It's IMO confusing and we should come up with another term, such as
> @data (and allowing override - cf my previous e-mail) for the first
> one - as is not a subject per-se, but just a way to encapsulate the
> others.

Be it "@": [] or "@subject": [], much of these forms fall out of the general processing rules, such that every call to process an entity return a value that can be used as a subject. Otherwise, we end up adding special cases, where.none are necessary.

> Also, regarding the alternative form:
> 
> [
>  {
>    "@": "http://example.org/people#john",
>    "a": "foaf:Person"
>  },
>  {
>    "@": "http://example.org/people#jane",
>    "a": "foaf:Person"
>  }
> ]
> 
> This one cannot accomodate context (you cannot add a @context:{}
> inside the [] since it expects {} values). It may be a problem if
> someone uses it and then realise that context must be added - this
> requires to refactor the JSON and it will break the existing model. I
> do not think it brings much compared to the first one, and IMO could
> be dropped.

The second form should be allowed, but as you point out, the first form my be required to add an @context.

I favor regularity in the processing rules. @data could be handled as a pseudonym for @subject using the term mechanism, but I would resist adding specific processing instructions for it.

> Alex.
> 
> NB: If these issues should be raised on github rather than the ML, let
> me know. I'm also happy to contribute to some of the fixes / editing.

This is a great forum, and can also be added as a telecom subject.

Any help with the docs is, of course, appreciated.

Gregg

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> Founder, CEO - seevl.net - @seevl
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>

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