Re: pyRDFa Test Suite Reviewer

Using online services for rdfa extraction and sparql query execution
does seem like a logical extension of using the manifest for
generating the test suite. But when things go wrong it can be
difficult to tell what the issues are in the black boxes that you are
using. For example take a look at:

  http://torrez.us/services/rdfa/?url=http://ben.adida.net/card

As Diego and I discovered during the SWD review of the RDFa Syntax
document it sure is nice to be able to look at a reference
implementation to see how things are actually being done--particularly
when it came to the Processing section.

As a software developer I guess what I would like to see from a RDFa
reference implementation is that:

- the latest code is available from revision control
- versions are released periodically as tarballs at w3, or to the
python cheeseshop
- the test suite implements the official test suite, and that it's
easy to run and see what's working and what's not

While I'm not a member of the RDFa taskforce, I'm an admirer from over
on at the SWD working group and would be willing to help out Manu
and/or others if needed.

//Ed

Received on Tuesday, 16 October 2007 15:35:02 UTC