- From: Stéphane Corlosquet <scorlosquet@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 12:16:32 -0400
- To: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Cc: Markus Lanthaler <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net>, Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAGR+nnEqi4kzg-+0hXbCA5kMwJUW93-aEiX+9NbSS7BzrYpXWg@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > On 7 May 2013 23:26, Markus Lanthaler <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net> wrote: > >> URIs are opaque, so it doesn't matter at all :-) >> > > URIs are not opaque, the first : has a special meaning. Sometimes the > final # has a special meaning. > > Opacity is simply good engineering. > > However, there's a tradeoff between opacity and utility. > > For example ebay.com is worth millions more than > dhadkgkadgkdhakdhfkdhkhdadhs.com > > Heuristics provide tips for search engines. > > Given that I have to choose one of the 4 ... I'm trying to optimize which > to use. The argument against # alone is that the javascript > window.location.hash may give an incorrect result, however the pro is that > # is very commonly used. I like to try and keep consistent patterns where > possible, all other things being equal... > besides the js potential issue, I also worry about what newbies might think of # alone, they might think it's not supposed to be there and remove it... if you have a string after #, then it's obvious it's intended to be different than the URI without #. it makes it less obscure. Steph. > > >> >> >> Cheers, >> Markus >> >> >> >> ---------- Original Message ------------- >> From: Melvin Carvalho [mailto:melvincarvalho@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 11:08 PM >> To: Semantic Web >> Subject: non opaque primary topics >> >> the standard model in sem web seems to be >> <> foaf : primaryTopic <#relative-uri> >> I've seen 4 relatively common relative URIs used here and there >> 1. #me -- common in foafs >> 2. #i -- often used by timbl and tobyink >> 3. #this -- used by kingsley as per the 'this' keyword in OO >> 4. # -- used by facebook and others >> It's a very common case that a document will contain one primary topic >> and I >> want to standarize all of my pages (mainly robots) into one of these 4. >> It seems to me that (4) is the most sensible choice, after "it doesnt >> matter". >> Does anyone have any preference here? >> >> >> -- >> Markus Lanthaler >> @markuslanthaler >> >> >> > -- Steph.
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