WG New Spec: RDF 1.2 Concepts and Abstract Data Model #1159
Description
Specification
https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf12-concepts/
Explainer
https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf12-primer/
Links
- The WG's request for this TAG review: https://
- Previous early design review, if any: https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/####
- An introduction to the feature, aimed at unfamiliar audiences:
Compared to RDF 1.1, the three main new features in RDF 1.2 are- triple-terms, that allow to make statements about other RDF statements (asserted or not) in a better way than the old-style reification
- the ability to attach a base direction on language tagged strings, which complies with i18n good practices
- a way to declare which version of RDF is used in RDF concrete syntaxes
- A description of the problems that end-users were facing before this proposal:
- triple terms: https://www.w3.org/2021/12/rdf-star.html#background-and-motivation
- base direction: https://w3c.github.io/rdf-dir-literal/#introduction
- version announcement: was not neccessary before RDF 1.2 introduced the two features above
- Alternatives considered:
- Examples of how to use the proposal to solve the end-users' problems: see explainer
- What do the end-users experience with this proposal: since RDF's "end-users" are developers and information architect, the notion of "user experience" does not quite apply
- User research you did to validate the problem and/or design, if any: none by the WG (but triple-terms have long been studied by the academic community as RDF* / RDF-star)
- Web Platform Tests: N/A
The specification
- Follows the Web Platform Design Principles.
- Includes Security and Privacy Considerations sections based on answers to the Security/Privacy Questionnaire.
Where and by whom is the work is being done?
- GitHub repo: https://github.com/w3c/rdf-concepts/
- Primary contacts:
- Organization/project driving the specification: W3C
- This work is being funded by: none
- Primary standards group developing this feature: RDF & SPARQL WG
- Incubation and standards groups that have discussed the design:
Feedback so far
- Active horizontal reviews: Horizontal Reviews tracker for RDF Concepts w3c/rdf-concepts#254
- Multi-stakeholder feedback: N/A
- Major unresolved issues with or opposition to this specification: none
- Status/issue trackers for implementations: none
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