Re: JSON-LD Telecon Minutes for 2011-07-04

On Jul 11, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Gregg Kellogg wrote:

> There hasn't been much more discussion on this topic, so I propose that we update the requirements as follows:
> 
> 	• Linked Data is a set of documents, each containing a representation of a linked data graph.
> 	• A linked data graph is a labeled directed graph, where nodes are subjects or objects, and edges are properties.
> 	• A subject is any node in a linked data graph with at least one outgoing edge.
> 	• A subject MAY be labeled with an IRI.

I think this "MAY" should be "SHOULD"... Doesn't absolutely 
disallow literal (nor bnode) subjects, but discourages them.

Otherwise, looks good!

Regards,

Ted


> 	• A property is an edge of the linked data graph.
> 	• A property SHOULD be labeled with an IRI.
> 	• An object is a node in a linked data graph with at least one incoming edge.
> 	• An object MAY be labeled with an IRI.
> 	• An IRI that is a label in a linked data graph SHOULD be dereferencable to a Linked Data document describing the labeled subject, object or property.
> 	• A literal is an object with a label that is not an IRI
> 
> If I don't hear any negative response, I'll assume that we have consensus to update the Linked Data section [1] of the requirements accordingly.
> 
> Gregg
> 
> [1] http://json-ld.org/requirements/latest/#linked-data
> 
> On Jul 10, 2011, at 4:57 PM, Manu Sporny wrote:
> 
>> On 07/05/2011 07:24 PM, Bradley Allen wrote:
>>> How about: "A literal is an object with a label that is not an IRI" ?
>> 
>> Works for me. Also note that at one point, we were thinking of
>> supporting graph literals in JSON-LD. There is nothing preventing us
>> from still doing this, but let's put that conversation off to another time.
>> 
>> -- manu
>> 
>> -- 
>> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny)
>> President/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
>> blog: PaySwarm Developer Tools and Demo Released
>> http://digitalbazaar.com/2011/05/05/payswarm-sandbox/
>> 
>> 
> 

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