RE: Proof: Linked Data does not require RDF

David,

I think you've confused syntax-independence with serialization-independence. RDF is syntax-dependent. The syntax is triples. OTOH, triple syntax can be serialized in a wide variety of ways.

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Booth [mailto:david@dbooth.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:42 PM
> To: Luca Matteis
> Cc: Kingsley Idehen; Linked Data community
> Subject: Re: Proof: Linked Data does not require RDF
> 
> 
>  >>     Can you please then setup a pool asking "Does creating and
>  >>     publishing Linked Data require knowledge of RDF?"
> 
> I would be willing to make such a poll if it seemed that people wanted
> it, but I don't think it is necessary.  There are *many* document
> formats that can carry RDF, and it seems self-evident that someone who
> publishes an RDF-interpretable format like JSON-LD or (GRDDL-enabled)
> XML may not understand RDF **at all**.  This is one of the great
> benefits of RDF being syntax independent.  The JSON-LD group understood
> this very well and did a great job crafting the JSON-LD spec to ensure
> that web developers would *not* have to understand RDF in order to
> happily publish their JSON-LD.
> 
> If the data is *interpretable* as RDF, then who cares whether the
> publisher understood RDF?  It seems irrelevant to me.
> 
> David
>

Received on Thursday, 20 June 2013 01:56:00 UTC