[snip] > > It would be lovely to have a universal hypermedia data >> format, for example, but so far the only technology that has come close >> has been RDF, and that has definitely been an uneven and incomplete >> success. >> > > RDF is not hypermedia, it is just a graph data format that uses URIs as > identifier for graph nodes. a couple of hypermedia formats (some of them > RDF-based, others not) have been proposed, but none of them can claim > victory so far. here's a simple list (that i should start fleshing out): > > https://github.com/dret/hyperpedia/blob/master/formats.md The way I understand it, RDF is not a data format but a data model, a way of structuring data and modelling the world. It is something like the relational model that is used in relational databases. It depends on who you ask, but ties between Linked Data and RDF need not be that strong. The original principles <http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html> mention RDF as one of 'the standards' that should be used but the Five Star data schem <http://5stardata.info/>e does not mandate RDF for any level of stars. It just so happens that RDF is a model that is very well suited for data on the web: you can model just about anything and data elements are identifiable by HTTP URIs. Also I think that RDF should not have to be taken as heavy handed as it can appear. A JSON-LD document can make sense to a web developer who knows little to nothing of RDF, but at the same time it can be used as a RDF graph for automated processes that know everything about processing RDF data with all the benefits of things like reasoning and inference. I sincerely hope that we can work without a strict distinction between data on the web from a REST/human perspective and a Linked Data/machine perspective. I hope we can satisfy the needs of both worlds in a single, well considered pass. Regards, Frans [snip] -- Frans Knibbe Geodan President Kennedylaan 1 1079 MB Amsterdam (NL) T +31 (0)20 - 5711 347 E frans.knibbe@geodan.nl www.geodan.nl disclaimer <http://www.geodan.nl/disclaimer>
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