Re: The rdf:JSONLiteral datatype

Hi Dominik,

On 17 May 2012, at 19:46, Dominik Tomaszuk wrote:
>>  • What is the use case for this datatype?
> Repository of access control, where we store ACLs in JSON for RDF data.

Wouldn't it be better to define a my:JSON_ACL datatype for your specific JSON format?

>>  • Are there examples of systems that currently use JSON literals in RDF literals?
> Mine :-) . It is only prototype, I don't publish it yet. It's part of my Ph.D. thesis.
> 
>>  • Are there examples of currently published RDF data that use such JSON literals?
> For example ACLs.

Well, that's a start, but the existence of a single prototype system that might benefit from this feature doesn't create a very strong case for including it yet.

>>  • Why isn't xsd:string sufficient for representing JSON literals?
> Well, it is close to approach XMLLiteral. Most of the cases for the XML xsd:string is sufficient, but it is in spec.

The motivating use case for rdf:XMLLiteral and rdf:HTML is including text markup in literals. In these cases, xsd:string is not sufficient because display engines need to know whether the string is to be interpreted literally or as marked up text.

>>  • Given that anyone can define new RDF datatypes, why should RDF-WG do it?
> Because JSON like XML and HTML is universal and common. There are a lot of solutions based on the JSON, which can be mixed with RDF in future.

Well, CSS and Javascript and CSV and lots of other formats are universal and common, and have lots of solutions based on them. But this doesn't mean that RDF-WG should define datatypes for them.

Best,
Richard


>>  • Why is this within the scope of RDF-WG's charter [1]?
> It can be connected to JSON serialization, which is in the scope of RDF-WG's charter.
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> 
> Cheers,
> Dominik
>

Received on Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:57:09 UTC