- From: Norman Gray <norman@astro.gla.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:00:57 +0000
- To: Ruben Verborgh <ruben.verborgh@ugent.be>
- Cc: public-lod Data <public-lod@w3.org>
Ruben, greetings. On 2013 Nov 20, at 11:23, Ruben Verborgh wrote: > Do we have other approaches besides RDF Forms [1] to represent hypermedia controls in RDF? You _might_ find it interesting to read about HyTime (the Wikipedia page has reasonable starting links <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyTime>). "HyTime defines a set of hypertext-oriented element types that [let] document authors to build hypertext and multimedia presentations in a standardized way." The elided words in that sentence indicate that it was linked to SGML, but don't let that put you off. Speaking for myself, it was HyTime that let me see that the really big deal about SGML, and later XML, is that it's about abstract semantic structures rather than pointy brackets. Unfortunately the HyTime spec is bizarrely -- perversely -- opaque (for reasons which I semi-understand), which ruined its chances of significant adoption. Its current legacy rests on the core ideas rather than the actual 'hypermedia' stuff it was apparently focused on, but the hypermedia modeling is the result of good work by smart people, and it would make a very interesting project to see if HyTime's time (ahem!) has finally come. All the best, Norman -- Norman Gray : http://nxg.me.uk SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK
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