Re: RDF WG agrees to publish JSON-LD

Yes, this was definitely great news!

For the record, I fully agree to the patent-free assertion, with no
reservations whatsoever! :)

Best regards,
Niklas


On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Some great news from yesterday, if you didn't see it on Twitter. The RDF
> Working Group approved to publish both the JSON-LD Syntax and the
> JSON-LD API as First Public Working Drafts through the W3C:
>
> http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/meeting/2012-05-30#line0235
>
> The intention is to take these documents all the way to REC (which is
> basically W3C-speak for "world standard"). So, great news.
>
> We have a number of things we're going to have to do in the next two
> weeks to ensure that the transition will happen smoothly. The editors
> will take care of most of it, but if you've taken part in the discussion
> about JSON-LD, you will need to do one final thing. So, keep reading if
> you've made a comment on the mailing list that may have resulted in a
> spec change.
>
> We need to do the following things in the next two weeks:
>
> 1. Apply all changes that members of the RDF WG requested (within
>   reason) to the Syntax and API specs. Gregg and I will take care of
>   this.
> 2. Change the copyright on the documents to the W3C Permissive
>   copyright.
> 3. Finalize the documents and assert that no algorithms covered
>   by known patents went into the document (everyone in the group
>   that has said anything on the mailing list should do this).
>
> So, if you've said anything on the mailing list - please be ready to do
> #3. To be clear, the more people that contributed to the discussion that
> agree to the patent-free assertion, the better off we are. All the
> editors of the spec will make the assertion, which is all we really
> need... but it never hurts to have folks like Josh Mandel also make the
> patent-free assertion (he has been active in raising issues and
> discussing them in the issue tracker).
>
> Good news overall - and we should be on to the next phase of getting
> JSON-LD standardized within the next two weeks. Great work to everyone
> that has participated in the discussion and looking forward to more
> insightful comments from the community on the specs as we take them to REC!
>
> -- manu
>
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