Re: The OWL file

čt 20. 3. 2025 v 19:39 odesílatel Cristiano Longo <
cristianolongo@opendatahacklab.org> napsal:

> Thank you very much, I fond this that is really specific
>
> https://nlnet.nl/opensocial/
>
> However just 50K euro will be funded, so that just one or two person would
> be involved.
>
> Now I have to understand if, in the case I got this grant, how I should
> interact with the official Activity Pub charter.
>
> However, on monday I'll have a meeting at my university to discuss about
> this grant and other opportunities.
>

Unsure making an OWL file would be alot of effort.  I would imagine a
perfect professional document costing in the range of 5k, and could be done
in a few weeks.


> CL
> On 18/03/25 09:53, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
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> út 18. 3. 2025 v 9:27 odesílatel Cristiano Longo <
> cristianolongo@opendatahacklab.org> napsal:
>
>> I'm going to look for any funding for this. Any suggestion about an
>> appropriate funding source and scheme will be appreciated. Also, proposals
>> for collaborations with other institutions are welcome.
>>
>
> I would recommend NLNet, they are very generous with funding:
>
> https://nlnet.nl/propose/
>
>
>> CL
>> On 04/10/24 10:11, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
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>> pá 4. 10. 2024 v 10:03 odesílatel Cristiano Longo <
>> cristianolongo@opendatahacklab.org> napsal:
>>
>>> The OWL file have to be mantained and enriched, as reported in
>>> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swicg/2023Dec/0014.html
>>>
>>> I don't know if it is appropriate that the community group work on this.
>>> And, if so, I'm not sure if this should be mentioned in the document
>>> under discussion or it could emerge later as a work item.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry but I cannot attend the today meeting.
>>>
>>
>>
>> It’s the machine-readable vocabulary for ActivityPub. Could we perhaps
>> just call it the *Schema*, *Vocab*, or *Ontology* for ActivityPub,
>> instead of "OWL"? OWL stands for Ontology Web Language, and that’s a bit
>> less intuitive for most folks.
>>
>> In the linked data world, a schema is essential, and it should be
>> referenced in the context. The context itself isn’t meant for
>> definitions—it’s more of an intermediary between the specific JSON format
>> (or "profile") and the schema.
>>
>> There was quite a bit of work done on the schema during the Working
>> Group, but at some point, the link to it seems to have been
>> broken—intentionally or not. I think it would be a valuable task to restore
>> that connection and make the ActivityPub schema fully compliant with W3C
>> standards again.
>>
>>>
>>> CL
>>>
>>> On 08/12/23 17:38, 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
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>