IRI Normalization in the RDF-API

Hi All,

I'm wondering if it is within the scope of the WG recharter to ( or 
"legally" for lack of better terms) define IRI normalization rules for 
use by implementations of the RDF API when handling IRIs (noting that we 
already define IRI rather than RDF URI Reference).

There are several normalization rules which could be applied, ranging 
from fixes on invalid IRIs (incorrect percent encoding) through to 
syntax normalization rules for generic URI/IRIs, and including optional 
scheme specific normalization rules, based on scheme specific equivalence.

This issue has just been raised (again) on public-lod, see [1] which 
gives examples of each of the aforementioned normalizations and when 
they apply, and [2] which asks the question should this be done (as part 
of the RDF WG charter)

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/2011Jan/0141.html
[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/2011Jan/0137.html

Best,

Nathan

Received on Monday, 17 January 2011 17:26:45 UTC