- From: Pat McBennett <patm@inrupt.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:05:54 +0000
- To: Pierre-Antoine Champin <pierre-antoine@w3.org>
- Cc: Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CABgQ8m+mNvNapj22dahRW5-GMRR1oJWPJTdSGzL7T989svU8og@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Pierre-Antoine, I *regularly* need to validate RDF vocabs that I stumble across online (or more likely just convert to more human-readable Turtle (but to 'convert' it needs to first parse, which is in itself a form of validation). But my go-to validator/converter tool has always been "EasyRDF Converter": https://www.easyrdf.org/converter (I love it's ease-of-use - i.e., just paste in any RDF IRI and click Submit (only sometimes goes it's content-type guessing/sniffing need to be overridden explicitly)). So I don't think I've used the W3C validator, ever, and just playing with it now (and having to go find an explicitly RDF/XML vocab to point it too (I had to use "https://www.w3.org/2009/08/skos-reference/skos-xl.rdf" explicitly, as using "http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#" resulted in an error ("Empty document, ignored."), maybe due to the tool not following the multiple redirects!?)), I don't think I ever would find a use for it as it is today (so long as EasyRDF's Converter keeps existing). But that raises an important point - I have no idea if EasyRDF's Converter will be extended to support RDF-star serializations (it doesn't today). If not, then things look tricky, as I definitely believe an easy-to-use validator (and (just personally) a converter) are crucially important (so I must try and reach out separately to the developer of EasyRDF Converter!). As for the separate "accessing as an API" question - no, I've never used an online validator (or converter) for that. If writing code at all, I'd rely on any of the well maintained RDF libraries to parse (i.e., 'validate') any RDF for me locally (e.g., Jena or RDF4J in Java, N3.js in JavaScript, etc.). Cheers, Pat. *Pat McBennett*, Technical Architect Contact | patm@inrupt.com Connect | WebID <http://pmcb55.inrupt.net/profile/card#me>, GitHub <https://github.com/pmcb55> Explore | www.inrupt.com On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 9:41 AM Pierre-Antoine Champin < pierre-antoine@w3.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > the code behind the W3C RDF validator [1] is old and unmaintained. W3C > is considering decommissioning that service. > > My first question is: how many people in this community are relying on > that service ? My intuition is that the answer is "not many", but if I'm > wrong, we might reconsider our decision. > > My second question is: for those who use that service or a similiar one > : would a purely client-size option be acceptable ? In other words, are > you using it exclusively in a browser, or are you accessing it as an API > from other programs? > > best > > [1] https://www.w3.org/RDF/Validator/ > > -- This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged, confidential and/or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail (or the person responsible for delivering this document to the intended recipient), please do not disseminate, distribute, print or copy this e-mail, or any attachment thereto. If you have received this e-mail in error, please respond to the individual sending the message, and permanently delete the email.
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