Re: Versioning of EARL docs

Hi Johannes,

Johannes Koch wrote:
> Shadi Abou-Zahra schrieb:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Can we agree that the version of EARL is primarily determined by its 
>> Schema document? The three other specs (HTTP-in-RDF, Content-in-RDF 
>> and Pointers-in-RDF) are designed to be supplemental, which is alone 
>> of the reasons why they are WG Notes. IMHO, updating HTTP-in-RDF will 
>> usually not change the EARL fundamentals, and should therefore not 
>> require the version number to change. However, changes to the Schema 
>> document will typically have more direct consequences on EARL as a whole.
> 
> If we say that EARL is a vocabulary defined by different specifications, 
> then the EARL vocabulary _does_ change if one of the parts changes.
> 
> Another proposal could be to not version EARL the vocabulary, but only 
> the parts. Then the schema document would have to be called "EARL Schema 
> 1.0", as already written in an earlier mail.

I'm not sure that this helps manage the dependency issue. It is the 
schema of EARL 1.0, and I think that the name should remain.

Please see a suggestion in a next separate thread.


Regards,
   Shadi

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Received on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 09:52:22 UTC