Re: Allow HTTP Link header as _alternative_ @context provision method

Hi,

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Thomas Steiner <tomac@google.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is to get people's opinion on allowing HTTP Link headers [1] as
> an _alternative_ means of providing @context to JSON payload.

+1, cf also the ongoing discussion at [1]

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-zyp-json-schema-03
>
> * This is how it _currently_ works (shortened for legibility):
>
>>$ curl -i https://www.example.com/test.jsonld
> HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:33:56 GMT
> Status: 200 OK
> ETag: "72054d9a6fbdcc7df012e19f32345b65"
> Last-Modified: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:33:56 GMT
> Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
>
> {
>  "@context": "http://example.org/json-ld-contexts/person",
>  "name": "Manu Sporny",
>  "homepage": "http://manu.sporny.org/",
>  "avatar": "http://twitter.com/account/profile_image/manusporny"
> }
>
> * This is how it could also work _in the future_ (shortened for legibility):
>
>>$ curl -i https://www.example.com/test.jsonld
> HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:33:56 GMT
> Status: 200 OK
> ETag: "72054d9a6fbdcc7df012e19f32345b65"
> Last-Modified: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:33:56 GMT
> Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
> ==> Link: <http://example.org/json-ld-contexts/person>; rel="@context
> http://json-ld.org/spec/latest/#the-context" <==
>
> {
>  "name": "Manu Sporny",
>  "homepage": "http://manu.sporny.org/",
>  "avatar": "http://twitter.com/account/profile_image/manusporny"
> }
>

I'd however favor describedby instead of "context" in the header [2]

Alex.

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-linked-json/2011Aug/0058.html
[2] http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-zyp-json-schema-03#section-4


> Link headers, the mullet of the Web: business in the front, party in
> the back. Idea: serve #JSON, make it #jsonLD by a @context Link
> header. [2]
>
> Arguments pro:
> - might improve adoption (as no payload change for "legacy" JSON)
> - saves minimal payload space
> - elegant (IMHO)
>
> Arguments contra:
> - may be hard for webmasters to add Link headers
> - little advantage over direct @context link in payload
> - might remain undiscovered by consumers
> - might cause confusion for implementers (what @context mechanism to choose)
>
> Best,
> Tom
>
> [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988
> [2] http://twitter.com/tomayac/status/106304670464606208
>
> --
> Thomas Steiner, Research Scientist, Google Inc.
> http://blog.tomayac.com, http://twitter.com/tomayac
>
>



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