Re: Question about the profile parameter for N-Triples

Hi Dominik,

They should all have the same text (and RDF/XML) about optional parameters.

N-triples is the document that went out in the first of spec going to 
review.

It has the document where the text was being agreed before being 
replicated across all the syntax docs.

     Andy

On 12/05/2026 15:40, ddooss@wp.pl wrote:
>
> Dear WG,
>
> I have a question about the media type registration for N-Triples.
>
> In the current N-Triples draft, application/n-triples includes an 
> optional profile parameter, in addition to the version parameter. 
> Could someone clarify the intended concrete purpose of this profile 
> parameter for N-Triples?
>
> I also noticed that analogous profile parameters do not seem to appear 
> in the media type registrations for N-Quads, Turtle, and TriG. I may 
> simply have missed the relevant discussion, so I wanted to ask whether 
> anyone remembers the rationale for including profile for N-Triples but 
> not for the other RDF serialization formats.
>
> Of course, I would be happy to prepare the corresponding PRs once I 
> better understand the intended design principle: whether profile 
> should remain specific to N-Triples, whether it should be added 
> consistently to the other media types, or whether some other criterion 
> should guide its use.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dominik
>