Re: [json-ld.org] JSON-LD in HTML (#231)

On Mar 22, 2013, at 16:47 , Markus Lanthaler <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net> wrote:

> On Friday, March 22, 2013 3:48 PM, David Wood wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I tend toward Gregg's comments below.  The section only
>> applies to those people extracting JSON-LD content into RDF,
>> therefore those wishing to "just use JSON-LD" shouldn't need
>> to worry about it.
> 
> The section says:
> 
> [[[
> If a processor extracts the JSON-LD content into RDF, it should expand the
> JSON-LD fragment into an RDF dataset using the algorithm defined in
> JSON-LD-API Convert to RDF Algorithm [JSON-LD-API]. If the HTML file
> contains multiple JSON-LD script tags, or other RDF statements are
> extracted, the result is the RDF merge of the datasets.
> 
> Other processors implementing this mechanism may choose to return the
> expanded JSON-LD output.
> ]]]
> 
> I'm specifically worried about the second paragraph. This suggest (to me at
> least), that other (?) processors should return expanded JSON-LD output
> instead of returning it as is.

Ah! Markus, you are right, I missed that stuff. In my view, processors return RDF. Full stop...

Ivan


> I would be satisfied if we clarify that
> second part. Maybe rewriting the two paragraphs above to:
> 
> 
> Defining how such data may be used is beyond the scope of this
> specification. The embedded JSON-LD document might be extracted as is or
> converted to RDF.
> 
> If JSON-LD content is extracted as RDF, it should be expanded into an RDF
> dataset using the Convert to RDF Algorithm [JSON-LD-API]. If multiple
> embedded JSON-LD documents are extracted as RDF, the result is the RDF merge
> of the extracted datasets.
> 
> 
> This probably still needs some wordsmithing but I hope it's clear what I'm
> looking for :-)
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Markus
> 
> 
> --
> Markus Lanthaler
> @markuslanthaler
> 
> 


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