Re: Blank Node Identifiers and RDF Dataset Normalization

Hi Manu,

I'm not going to reply at length, because I don't think it's productive, but in summary: I think the source of our disagreement is that you think allowing more things to be document-local will make things less complex, and I think it will make things more complex.

I don't have any definitive proof, just going on experience with various different data models.

- Steve

On 2013-02-24, at 02:48, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:

> On 02/20/2013 01:04 PM, Sandro Hawke wrote:
>> I haven't followed all the discussion about dataset normalization, 
>> and I don't know the algorithm, but toward the end of today's call, 
>> it sounded like the best option may be something like Create A New 
>> URI Scheme.
>> 
>> tag:w3.org,2000:graph:
> 
> Hey Sandro, thank you. This is very helpful and I've turned the
> suggestion into a proposal, more below.
> 
> The discussion during last weeks RDF WG call on allowing blank node
> identifiers for graph names was a bit of a train wreck. I apologize for
> my part in not effectively communicating the situation and the purpose
> for the proposals. It became obvious toward the end of the conversation
> that we were all talking past each other and a different approach would
> have been better. So, let's try this again.
> 
> I have written a fairly lengthy blog post summarizing this issue, why
> it's important, and two paths that can get us through this.
> 
> TL;DR: This blog post argues that the extension of blank node
> identifiers in JSON-LD and RDF for the purposes of identifying
> predicates and naming graphs is important. It is important because it
> simplifies the usage of both technologies for developers. The post also
> provides a less-optimal solution if the RDF Working Group does not allow
> blank node identifiers for predicates and graph names in RDF 1.1.
> 
> http://manu.sporny.org/2013/rdf-identifiers/
> 
> Andy, Steve, Pat, Peter, did I miss anything?
> 
> -- manu
> 
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