RE: Updated JSON-LD spec to more closely align w/ RDF data model

On Thursday, July 04, 2013 12:41 PM, Andy Seaborne wrote:
> On 03/07/13 22:38, Gregg Kellogg wrote:
> > I don't consider JSON-LD lists as being conceptually any different
> that Turtle Lists; these are artifacts of the serialization, and not
> the underlying data model.
> 
> Are all JSON-LD lists transformed to RDF lists by the
> json-ld-api/#list-to-rdf-conversion? 

Yes.. but not all RDF lists are converted to JSON-LD lists. Only well-formed
lists that are referenced exactly once.


> It's not clear -- it says "a list
> may be represented using the @list keyword as follows:" -- not a RFC-
> MAY but only a "may" nevertheless).

Where's that statement?


> Suggestion: clarify as to whether there are other ways or not. E.g. "a
> list is represented using the @list keyword as follows:")
> 
> 
> The problem is about syntax and which data model is which.
> This confusion is manifest by the fact that the documents are split
> Serialization / Algorithms where the document entitles "serialization"
> includes an appendix on "Data Model".
> 
> A separate document on "Data Model" would have been good.  Making that
> it not-an-appendix, but still at the end of the document, might help.

Most of our appendixes are normative. I would be fine with turning them (or
even all) into normal sections.



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Received on Thursday, 4 July 2013 11:07:38 UTC