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Re: [RSS-DEV] Re: (Motion) rdf:about for channel

Eric van der Vlist <vdv@...> writes:

> Ken MacLeod wrote:
<http://www.egroups.com/message/rss-dev/1006>

> > Am I close?
>
> I find it a good summary.

If this solves the immediate need, then the next step is to word it as
specific changes to the spec, and propose those changes. I know this
would be several tasks down on my list, so if anyone can pick it up
(Eric, Aaron, anyone?), let us know when you start.

-- Ken
Fri Oct 20, 2000 3:54 pm

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Hi. Looking at the RSS 0.9 spec [1], I noticed that it doesn't use rdf:about or rdf:ID on any of it's descriptions. Therefore, each RSS 0.9 file is NOT ... 		Jason Diamond
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Send Email 		Oct 17, 2000
4:28 pm

This issue is more difficult than it seems. We're making RDF assertions, that much is clear. The question then becomes about what. If we make them about items...
Aaron Swartz
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Send Email 		Oct 17, 2000
11:14 pm

... When we are making assertions about 'items' it is fine to use the URL of the item in the rdf:about, because we are describing a particular Web resource at...
Andy Powell
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Send Email 		Oct 18, 2000
11:09 pm

... Agreed, for 1.0 I believe we should set rdf:about for the channel to "" and look towards a URI representation in a later version. This usage of "" is valid...
Aaron Swartz
aswartz@...
Send Email 		Oct 19, 2000
8:32 pm

Hi Aaron, ... Yes, I have ;) While I agree that a good practice would be to set this attribute to a URI where you can usually find the channel, I don't think...
Eric van der Vlist
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Send Email 		Oct 19, 2000
9:16 pm

Due to the good points brought up by Eric and Dan (thanks guys!) I'd like to try proposing the opposite: The rdf:about attribute of the channel element is a...
Aaron Swartz
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Send Email 		Oct 19, 2000
10:44 pm

... I'd much prefer an absolute URI, so that apps can ship the channel data around in text format without having to ship a bunch of 'where I found this'...
Dan Brickley
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Send Email 		Oct 19, 2000
9:50 pm

... Yes (I think, I'm just rereading the recent articles on this while updating the issues page). I don't recall us concluding that we're breaking the...
Ken MacLeod
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Send Email 		Oct 19, 2000
11:03 pm

... I was just re-reading the spec on this point, and things are very unclear. First, the channel element only says "The {resource} URL of the channel ...
Aaron Swartz
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Send Email 		Oct 19, 2000
11:14 pm

What is sure is that: 1) per RDF semantic, rdf:about is used as an identifier for the channel. 2) per RSS 0.9x usage, the link element is a URL (or URI)...
Eric van der Vlist
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Send Email 		Oct 20, 2000
6:32 am

... To summarize what I think I've heard said, and put that in to terms I think most important for RSS 1.0, then: * the explicit connection between <link> and...
Ken MacLeod
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Send Email 		Oct 20, 2000
12:49 pm

... I find it a good summary. Eric ... -- ... Eric van der Vlist Dyomedea http://dyomedea.com http://xmlfr.org http://4xt.org...
Eric van der Vlist
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Send Email 		Oct 20, 2000
1:25 pm

... <http://www.egroups.com/message/rss-dev/1006> ... If this solves the immediate need, then the next step is to word it as specific changes to the spec, and...
Ken MacLeod
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Send Email 		Oct 20, 2000
3:54 pm

... Before writing these up as spec changes, I'd like to see a poll and perhaps even a vote on the issue. I was under the impression that there might be some...
Aaron Swartz
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Send Email 		Oct 20, 2000
6:34 pm

... No problem, the poll's been seconded (and now thirded :-). I believe we have determined, though the poll will surely help, that there is considerable...
Ken MacLeod
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Send Email 		Oct 20, 2000
7:12 pm
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