- From: Graham Klyne <GK-lists@ninebynine.org>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 13:00:38 +0100
- To: Frank Manola <fmanola@mitre.org>, Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>
Frank, Jeremy, At 08:23 AM 6/20/02 -0400, Frank Manola wrote: >Graham-- > >Thanks for the reminder. Based on my understanding of what the >"framework" document was supposed to be up to, I had in mind moving >sections 7.1 (model theory) and 7.2 (test cases) out of the Primer. I agree on both counts. Jeremy: I've just updated the web copy at http://www.ninebynine.org/wip/RDF-basics/2002-06-20/Overview.htm: - section headings (but not ToC) to accommodate material from 7.1. - Primer 7.2 is already covered by our section 3.6. (Frank: that URL will be published to the group when Jeremy and I have had a chance to agree on the structure.) >Section 1 of the Primer contains a list of the other documents, but I >think that should continue to be there just to point out that there are >multiple parts to the specification. I would imagine adding a reference >to the framework document to that list, and also saying that readers >should consult the framework document to understand the roles of the >various parts of the spec, and to get an overview of what they do. That makes sense: section 3 of the proposed new document expands a little on that list. The current primer content looks about right to me. > I may or may not shorten other sections of the Primer (e.g., RDF/XML > and Schema) as well, but that depends on whether I think there is > sufficient "primer-like" material in other documents (not just the > framework document since, e.g., DanBri had indicated that there might be > more explanatory material written up for the Schema document). Anyway, > you might have some suggestions yourself as to material that could be > moved from the Primer and, if so, send it along. Taking a skim... Primer 2.1 - URIs: I think your material is appropriate for the primer, but I'm anticipating that there will be some (more terse) coverage of URIs under abstract graph syntax (or maybe a separate section, nearby). Jeremy? Primer 2.3 - model: ditto. Primer 2.4 - structured property values: Jeremy, should we say anything about this? My current inclination is not. I think that falls into the "how to" rather than "what is" category, hence more primer-oriented. Primer 3 - I think that's not affected by the new document. Primer 4 - I don't have a strong view yet - the new document will say something about schema, but I think will aim to be fairly terse (unless we subsequently incorporate DanBri's schema document). I think no change, for now at least. Primer 5 - containers. Hmmm. Jeremy, should we have a section? I think we maybe should, but I'm not yet sure where. Primer 7.3 - reification. ditto. I think there's a case for pulling this from the primer and saying a little about it in the new document. Jeremy? Primer 8 - RDF as data model. There's some suggested coverage of this in the new document; e.g. references to various sources dealing with alternative Krep formalisms. Primer 8 - RDF vs XML. I think a discussion of RDF vs XML still belongs in the primer. Primer 8 - Identifier design... I think we should have something that in the new document, especially w.r.t. fragment identifiers. There's some text I wrote at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-talk/2002MayJun/0032.html which (FWIW) TimBL has "blessed". (Ignore the last paragraph about "on the web".) The upshot is that using '#' is a good way to create identifiers for non-document resources. #g ------------------- Graham Klyne <GK@NineByNine.org>
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