Re: next steps on http graph store protocol

On 2012-01-10, at 13:24, Sandro Hawke wrote:
…

> It sounds like where we actually disagree is about the scope of
> applicability of this spec.

Yes.

> If I understand how you're approaching the situation, maybe you'd be
> okay with the following text in Graph Store HTTP Protocol.   This text
> would probably go in the introduction, with its first sentence in the
> abstract:
> 
>        This protocol is only one of many possible HTTP (REST) protocols
>        one could use involving RDF payloads and RDF Graph Resources.
>        This specification only applies to one particular sort of RDF
>        graph storage system, the sort for which these operations are
>        the appropriate ones.  In contrast, for example, if one wanted a
>        Graph Store which also included some service components, where
>        POST was used to invoke operations, one would need to use a
>        different Graph Store HTTP Protocol and the constraints of this
>        document would not apply.

Seems tautological to me, but as you disagree it's clearly not.

If you have a Graph Store - use the Graph Store Protocol. If you don't have a Graph Store (e.g. IBM) then use something else. Seems self evident.

In other words, I'd be OK with the quoted text above, though I'm not sure "one would need to use a different Graph Store HTTP Protocol" makes sense, as the thing in question wouldn't be a Graph Store, by definition would it?

- Steve

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