[foaf-protocols] WebID spec: supported RDF formats (bis)

[Henry Story]

On 18 Jul 2010, at 17:43, Bruno Harbulot wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm not sure we're in agreement on this one yet.
> 
> 
> 1) Who thinks the specification needs to be sufficient for any 
> conforming WebID provider and any conforming Verification Agent to 
> inter-operate?

+1

> 2) Who thinks there shouldn't be any mandatory format on either side?

+1
though a strong SHOULD on RDFa and RDF/XML comprehension on the parsing side.

> 
> 3) Who thinks there should be exactly one mandatory format on both sides?

-1
that will never fly

> 
> 
> 4) Who thinks there should be a guaranteed (MUST) intersection between 
> the formats supported between the WebID provider and the Verification 
> agent? (This can be achieved my mandating support for some formats on 
> one side and mandating support for at least one of these formats on the 
> other side. If so, which sides?)

We should add something about GRDDL.
The key is to be able to automatically be able to get at the semantics.
I think here it will be good to work closer with the GRDDL group, and
get their opinions.

> 
> 
> 5) Who thinks there should be a strongly recommended (SHOULD) 
> intersection between the formats supported between the WebID provider 
> and the Verification agent? (Same as above, but does one of the parties 
> use 'SHOULD' and the other 'MUST'? Which?)

though a strong SHOULD on RDFa and RDF/XML comprehension on the parsing side.


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> 
> In addition to the previous questions, here are some biased questions.
> For those who answer:
> 
> - Yes to (1) and Yes to (2). How do you conciliate those antagonist 
> positions? The magic isn't going to work if we don't specify what needs 
> to be done somehow. Libraries won't suddenly know how to produce or 
> process unknown formats.

GRDDL

> 
> - No to (1). What's the point of writing the specification then? Is it a 
> "best practices" specification or a protocol specification?
> 
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Bruno.
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