Re: PROPOSAL to address RDFa Profiles - ISSUE-73 and ISSUE-78

On 02/09/11 13:08, Nathan wrote:
>> RDF/RDFa Profiles
>> -----------------
>>
>> 1. There will be one dated RDF profile, which XML+RDFa will use:
>>    http://w3.org/2011/profiles/rdf
>> 2. There will be one dated (X)HTML+RDFa profile:
>>    http://w3.org/2011/profiles/rdfa
>> 3. The XML+RDF profile will be a sub-set of the (X)HTML+RDFa profile.
> 
> RDF/XML or XML+RDFa ?

Sorry, typo, I meant XML+RDFa. I was vague about non-RDFa languages such
as RDF/XML on purpose. The new RDF WG may or may not support default
profiles (probably not, but you never know). TURTLE or N3 could also
support "default profiles" using http://w3.org/2011/profiles/rdf . The
one thing I want to make sure that we do is leave the door open for
those groups, but not accidentally make any sort of decision for them.

>> 4. The XML+RDFa part of the RDFa Core 1.1 specification will
>>    reference http://w3.org/2011/profiles/rdf as the default profile.
>> 5. The XHTML+RDFa 1.1 and HTML+RDFa 1.1 specifications will reference
>>    http://w3.org/2011/profiles/rdfa as the default profile.
>> 6. Default profiles are allowed to be cached and hard-coded in
>>    implementations.
> 
> but SHOULD be kept in sync with the "live" profile(s)?

Yes, correct - we need to make sure to add that clarification.

>> RDF/RDFa Profile Management
>> ---------------------------
>>
>> 1. The profiles are modified on a consistent basis and do not
>>    change very often (perhaps once every 1-2 years).
>> 2. Prefixes and terms are managed by the Semantic Web Activity Lead,
>>    who announces changes on some well-known mailing list prior to
>>    each re-publication.
>> 3. Prefixes and terms MUST NOT be /removed/ from dated profiles.
>> 4. Prefixes and terms MAY be /updated/ if the new meaning of the
>>    term or prefix is semantically backwards compatible with the
>>    previous term or prefix.
>> 5. Vocabulary maintainers are strongly discouraged from re-using
>>    the same prefix for a new vocabulary performing the same purpose.
>>    For example, if a new non-semantically-backwards-compatible version
>>    of 'geo' is released, it SHOULD be named 'geo2' or 'geonext' (in
>>    other words, the prefix for the new vocabulary SHOULD NOT be 'geo').
> 
> clarification on whether new dated profiles will be released or not, and
> if so what restrictions apply?

New dated profiles will be released. These releases will almost always
coincide with a revision of a language that uses them (such as when RDFa
2.0 is released, or when TURTLE is standardized, etc.).

I don't think we need new restrictions, as the same restrictions that
apply to other default profiles (as outlined in the proposal) would
apply to these new profiles.

-- manu

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Received on Wednesday, 9 February 2011 18:46:58 UTC