Re: [json-ld.org] JSON-LD in HTML (#231)

Gregg Kellogg
gregg@greggkellogg.net

On Mar 22, 2013, at 12:48 PM, David Wood <david@3roundstones.com> wrote:

> 
> On Mar 22, 2013, at 15:08, Markus Lanthaler <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Friday, March 22, 2013 5:09 PM, Ivan Herman wrote:
>> 
>>>> [[[
>>>> If a processor extracts the JSON-LD content into RDF, it should
>>> expand the
>>>> JSON-LD fragment into an RDF dataset using the algorithm defined in
>>>> JSON-LD-API Convert to RDF Algorithm [JSON-LD-API]. If the HTML file
>>>> contains multiple JSON-LD script tags, or other RDF statements are
>>>> extracted, the result is the RDF merge of the datasets.
>>>> 
>>>> Other processors implementing this mechanism may choose to return the
>>>> expanded JSON-LD output.
>>>> ]]]
>>>> 
>>>> I'm specifically worried about the second paragraph. This suggest (to
>>> me at
>>>> least), that other (?) processors should return expanded JSON-LD
>>> output
>>>> instead of returning it as is.
>>> 
>>> Ah! Markus, you are right, I missed that stuff. In my view, processors
>>> return RDF. Full stop...
>> 
>> My rewording (see below) I intentionally didn't use the word processor. What
>> processor are you talking about? A JSON-LD processor? It wouldn't make much
>> sense IMHO to restrict a JSON-LD processor to just extract RDF. As I said,
>> what's done with the data is completely up to the application extracting it.
>> We can say that if RDF is desired the specified algorithm should be used,
>> but that's it IMO.
>> 
>> 
>> [[[
>> Defining how such data may be used is beyond the scope of this
>> specification. The embedded JSON-LD document might be extracted as is or
>> converted to RDF.
>> 
>> If JSON-LD content is extracted as RDF, it should be expanded into an RDF
>> dataset using the Convert to RDF Algorithm [JSON-LD-API]. If multiple
>> embedded JSON-LD documents are extracted as RDF, the result is the RDF merge
>> of the extracted datasets.
>> ]]]
> 
> +1.  Thanks, Markus.

+1

Gregg

> Regards,
> Dave
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> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Markus
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Markus Lanthaler
>> @markuslanthaler
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