CR: Web Annotation Vocabulary

Web Annotation Vocabulary

https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-annotation-vocab-20160906/

feedback due by: 2016-09-30

Abstract


The Web Annotation Vocabulary specifies the set of RDF classes, predicates and named entities that are used by the Web Annotation Data Model [annotation-model]. It also lists recommended terms from other ontologies that are used in the model, and provides the JSON-LD Context and profile definitions needed to use the Web Annotation JSON serialization in a Linked Data context.

Status of the Document


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 Issue 1 

The use of the ActivityStreams terms are considered to be at-risk, pending [activitystreams-vocabulary] reaching Candidate Recommendation and, eventually, Recommendation. If this fails, the (few) terms used in the current document will be replaced by terms with a similar names and similar semantics, but in the namespace defined by this document. 
 
 Issue 2 

The Composite, List and Independents classes are marked At Risk, pending implementation experience. 

The Candidate Recommendation exit criteria are listed are listed in the appendix.

This document was published by the Web Annotation Working Group as a Candidate Recommendation. This document is intended to become a W3C Recommendation. If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them to public-annotation@w3.org (subscribe, archives). W3C publishes a Candidate Recommendation to indicate that the document is believed to be stable and to encourage implementation by the developer community. This Candidate Recommendation is expected to advance to Proposed Recommendation no earlier than 30 September 2016. All comments are welcome.

Please see the Working Group's implementation report.

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This document is governed by the 1 September 2015 W3C Process Document.