Re: [Handle-info] OpenHandle: An RDF Serializer for Handle

["Hammond, Tony" <t.hammond@nature.com>]

A couple specifics I neglected in last mail:

(A)
> If you look below at the turtle serialization I believe that the is
> essentially describing the URI:
> 
>   http://nascent.nature.com/openhandle/handle?id=loc.pnp/cph.3c19765
> 
> But shouldn't the subject being described be the handle itself?
> 
>   info:hdl/loc.pnp/cph.3c19765

Yeah, I'm always bumping my head on this one. Always wanting to use the
empty URI "<>" as meaning "this resource". From the RDF/XML Syntax [1] we
have this:

    "Both forms [rdf:ID and rdf:about] require a base URI to be known,
either from an in-scope xml:base or from the URI of the RDF/XML document."

Not sure that the Concepts and Abstract Syntax doc [2] says much, if
anything, about empty URI references but could be wrong.

Yeah, need to get the story right or to make the URI explicit. Good point.

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/#section-Syntax-ID-xml-base
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-concepts/#section-Graph-URIref

(B)
> Lastly, if the goal is to make handle data more readily available in
> XUL (Firefox) and other web applications you might want to consider
> using content negotiation so someone could fetch the metadata not only
> as RDF, but also JSON (JavaScript Object Notation). JSON is
> particularly useful to provide in browser functionality with
> JavaScript, AJAX, etc.

Agree (as earlier) that JSON would be handy. But note also that XUL is well
capable of handling RDF/XML datasources.

But yes, more is more. :)

Tony


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