- From: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:41:23 +0100
- To: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- Cc: RDF WG <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
On 25 Aug 2011, at 14:14, Ivan Herman wrote: >> So we have two options: >> >> 1. take the popular N-Triples format, which accidentally became a quasi-standard and is already known and implemented by most of the target audience, and turn it into a proper W3C Recommendation >> >> 2. invent yet another completely new format on the assumption that all RDF geeks are going to love it because it uses JSON, and will abandon N-Triples for it > > Well, this would keep us busy, wouldn't it? AFAIK, you do not have enough on your plate:-) > > Jokes aside, of course you are right that #1 has this status. The question is whether we see a large expansion of new tools and environments that will want to include such simple-triple-interchange format or not. For the new implementations JSON might be simpler. Even if that's the case, then turning N-Triples into a proper W3C Rec would still be a good use of the WG's time, IMHO. It should also be very quick, modulo the UTF-8 issue :-/ > But all this issue (which I raised without seriously pushing for it) might have become moot after yesterday's discussion on the call... If there was a vote on “make JSON time-permitting in the RDF-WG charter”, with the implicit intention of not doing it (except if JSON-LD takes off like a rocket over the next 12 months), then I'd be +1. Best, Richard
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