- From: Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 12:25:26 +0100
- To: Dave Reynolds <dave.e.reynolds@gmail.com>, semantic-web@w3.org
Hi Dave, On 05/08/2015 11:39, Dave Reynolds wrote: > Hi Phil, > > Do you really mean to change the namespace? No, of course not, for the reasons you cite. But as of now, the owners of the vocab *have* moved it to a new location (and promised to get *that* back online) and, as there's a doc in /TR space that refers to it, something needs to be updated on our side. Something like this has been lurking as a future problem for a long time of course so part of my strategy here is to see how the community at large reacts to this real world case - and then see how W3C might be able to help, bearing in mind all the usual sustainability issues. Phil. > > That would mean that all existing tools that access void would cease to > work on new data and would have to be rewritten to look for properties > in both namespaces and/or all existing datasets mentioning void would > have to be rewritten to be conformant with the revised spec. > > The vocabulary ceasing to dereference is a minor inconvenience. Changing > the namespace impacts all data and is a *much* bigger deal. > > An alternative might be to leave the namespace unchanged but add a > comment in the document that the namespace no longer resolves and that > copies of the vocabulary can be obtained from X (whether that's Insight > or W3c or both). > > Dave > > On 05/08/15 11:17, Phil Archer wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> Following the demise of rdfs.org [1] and INSIGHT's statement of intent >> to maintain vocab.deri.ie [2], we need to update the specification >> document at http://www.w3.org/TR/void/ >> >> The current version [3] points to the rdfs.org namespace of course. >> >> I've created a GitHub repository for the SWIG [4] and, within that, have >> had a first pass at updating the voID document [5]. >> >> The offer remains on the table to host the VoID vocabulary at >> www.w3.org/ns/void. At the time of writing, vocab.deri.ie remains >> unavailable. >> >> The major change is, of course, the change in namespace, but there are >> many references in that document that are out of date so I've had to do >> more than just search and replace the namespace URI. For example, since >> VoID was written, RDF 1.1 has been finalised etc. Changes are listed in >> the change log at the end of the document. >> >> The W3C process for updating the document is pretty simple in this case >> [6]. We just need to make sure that members of this Interest Group - >> i.e. this mailing list - are content with the changes and then Dan, as >> SWIG chair, can call a vote (by e-mail). >> >> The doc in the GH repo has a suggested date for the new publication of >> 18 August but there's no need to feel tied to that. If you want write >> access to the repo, please just let me know your relevant ID. >> Suggestions for improvements are welcome of course. >> >> HTH >> >> Phil. >> >> >> >> [1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/semantic-web/2015Aug/0010.html >> [2] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/semantic-web/2015Aug/0013.html >> [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/NOTE-void-20110303/ >> [4] https://github.com/w3c/swig/ >> [5] http://w3c.github.io/swig/void/ >> [6] http://www.w3.org/2014/Process-20140801/#Note >> >> > > -- Phil Archer W3C Data Activity Lead http://www.w3.org/2013/data/ http://philarcher.org +44 (0)7887 767755 @philarcher1
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