- From: Wes Turner <wes.turner@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 16:08:20 -0500
- To: Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com>
- Cc: Peter Krauss <ppkrauss@gmail.com>, W3C Vocabularies <public-vocabs@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CACfEFw9t0QpRRQvSFYnhdyyewjbsW_nfNO_YOoc87rHapqie3A@mail.gmail.com>
Last point, I swear: * owl:sameAs "this"; On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Wes Turner <wes.turner@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Bernand and friends! >> >> This old debate of : Strings versus Things (and how do we make them >> useful and reconcilable) >> >> It seems that everyone on this thread has agreement: >> >> 1. Codes are useful >> 2. URIs can be volatile, (shit happens), but we want to be able to use >> them, irregardless, if we want. >> 3. Some folks prefer their Codes adapted in a certain way, to make it >> easier to program and reconcile against. >> 4. Reconciling processes are sometimes harder for a programmer or >> developer, if there are less reliable sources floating around that have >> correctly mapped Codes to our Codes. >> >> What is clear is that SOME of the data, identifier, reconciling sources >> that are on the web now.... probably could do a better job of alignment. >> > > * RDFJS autocomplete fields (is this an ENUM?) > * RDFJS form validation > * (presentational) language mappings > > NAAICT, RDF is statements about resources with URIs linked by predicates. > > Is a literal or a URI better for linking between things (as "relational > keys")? > > * URIs are (can be) dereferenced (optionally also with a human-readable > HTML representation (#here)) > * URIs are namespace-unique (they reduce "collisions" and ambiguity) > * When/if the underlying codeset changes, the URI (prefix) changes too > * URIs are URL-encoded > * Labels are for display > * Labels are [HTML,]-encoded > * Labels have @en (@language attributes) > * These attributes describe a resource with a URI > * Labels and URIs are/can be similarly collated > > http://www.w3.org/TR/ld-bp/#HTTP-URIS > > > [paraphrasing: "Please use URIs for keys w/ RDF Linked Data."] > > > > >> >> The only issue that I see that needs to be fixed then... is # 4. (and >> that can be fixed through better education and offering to help fix those >> sources, or don't use them, and use other sources) >> >> >> Thad >> +ThadGuidry <https://www.google.com/+ThadGuidry> >> >> >
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