- From: Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name>
- Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023 13:53:39 -0800
- To: nightpool <nightpool@cybre.space>
- Cc: Social Web Incubator Community Group <public-swicg@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <f04ea83e-278b-453f-9f92-2625c49b74c0@prodromou.name>
Well, shucks. I've got bad news. It /is/ actually part of the spec in a way, shape, and/or form. Appendix A of the Activity Vocabulary refers to it as a non-normative definition: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#non-normative-ontology-definition I can't believe I forgot this section was there. I think as long as we have this section we have some responsibility to keep the file up to date. Evan On 2023-12-08 12:12 p.m., nightpool wrote: > I agree with all of the points mentioned here, as I've said many times > on GitHub, the OWL should be maintained/improved by the community of > users that are utilizing it, it shouldn't be blocked on Editor or CG > approval to get changes made. (But also, conversely, it shouldn't > continue to have the "imprimatur" of an official document just because > it happens to have been included in the repo, since it's not part of > the spec in any way shape or form) > > On Fri, Dec 8, 2023, 10:42 AM Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name> wrote: > > I should have explained: OWL is the Web Ontology Language. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Ontology_Language > > Evan > > On 2023-12-08 11:38 a.m., Evan Prodromou wrote: > > The original development file for AS2 was an OWL file. > > > > I don't think it was ever edited after James Snell created the > first > > JSON-LD context file. > > > > But it's been in the Activity Streams 2.0 repository on GitHub > since > > it was created. > > > > We get occasional requests to make changes to it to bring it > into line > > with the JSON-LD context doc. Some LinkedData developers seem to > > prefer using it. > > > > We had a new issue filed this week about it, and on the issue > triage > > call we came up with a novel solution: move the file to its own > > repository in the SWICG namespace, and let people who are > interested > > in using and maintaining it work on the project. > > > > The new repository is here: > > > > https://github.com/swicg/activitystreams2-owl > > > > Big appreciation to Emelia Smith for getting the process rolling. > > We've already had one PR applied. > > > > I had removed the file from the w3c/activitystreams repo, but Ben > > Goering pointed out that it probably needed more consensus and a > > discussion here. > > > > So, let's discuss! > > > > I'd love to see this unofficial file maintained and updated. I > think > > moving it to a repo where people in the LD community can > maintain it > > is a great solution. > > > > Evan > > > > >
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