Re: Branding?

> On 07/27/2011 08:47 PM, Nathan wrote:
>> Dave Longley wrote:
>>> On 07/27/2011 01:48 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
>>>> All,
>>>>
>>>> How about:
>>>>
>>>> 1. JSON-*D   -- in some form courtesy of Alex's post re. blank 
>>>> nodes accomodation
>>>>
>>>> 2. JSONG  -- JSON Graphs (it does have rhythm to it)
>>>>
>>>> 3. JSON-XD -- "X" is whatever you want to make of it without 
>>>> breaking anything via conflation .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have thought about something that indicates "Graphs in JSON" 
>>> before, so if we must rename the spec then something along the lines 
>>> of JSONG would be alright with me. The only problem, in particular 
>>> with JSONG, is that it is difficult to differentiate it from JSON 
>>> when pronounced, if pronounced "JAY-SONG".
>>>
>>
>> We do need to remember that it's only a particular kind of graph 
>> though, a labelled di-graph. Mentioning because there will be lots of 
>> other people passing over generic graphs in JSON for use with charts 
>> and diagrams, who may easily get confused if we go down the "graphs 
>> in JSON" route.
>>
>> Interestingly, Labelled Directed Graph also reduces to LD / LDG.
>
> That might be a good compromise. JSON, Labeled and Directed: JSON-LD. 
> And it's easy to remember that if you want to express Linked Data in 
> JSON, you use JSON-LD -- even if that isn't strictly the origin of its 
> name.
>

That's fine for sure! It certainly kills off the Linked Data confusion 
potential. It's also compatible with Linked Data being the end product 
of a *kind* of directed graph re. whole data representation.

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