Re: PROV-ISSUE-76 (xml-examples): Shouldn't we have proper examples in XML and not RDF/XML [Accessing and Querying Provenance]

On 26/08/2011 00:05, Luc Moreau wrote:
> Hi Graham,
>
> Responses interleaved.
>
> On 25/08/11 14:03, Graham Klyne wrote:
>> On 22/08/2011 23:15, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
>>>
>>> PROV-ISSUE-76 (xml-examples): Shouldn't we have proper examples in XML and
>>> not RDF/XML [Accessing and Querying Provenance]
>>>
>>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/76
>>>
>>> Raised by: Luc Moreau
>>> On product: Accessing and Querying Provenance
>>>
>>> Given that the examples of section 4 are already expressed in RDF turtle, is
>>> there any value in also expressing them in RDF/XML?
>
> Since you seem to target the rdf community, i confirm i see no point in having
> both rdf turtle and rdf/xml.

(It's not just me targeting the RDF community.  So does the WG charter.)

The rationale for including both formats is that Turtle is what many RDF 
developers are most comfortable using, but RDF/XML is (for now at least) the 
official recommended interchange format for RDF.  Personally, I wouldn't mind a 
spec that only mentioned Turtle, but when I've had such discussions in the past 
in standards groups, there has been a strong desire to also include example 
using the standard RDF/XML format.

>>> If we want some take up by the XML community, we should have proper XML
>>> examples, with corresponding XML schemas.
>>
>> I don't see sufficient value in this, given the provenance aware applications
>> are likely to deal with RDF anyway (per charter), and the JSON option provides
>> ease of use. If it's really needed, I'd suggest making an XML format for
>> provenance discovery service description part of D5 deliverable.
>
> D5 deliverable is about the model, not the PAQ.

Yes, but it also targets XML developers.

Reflecting on this, I am inclined to *reduce* the examples given in the text to 
only JSON, then add any other examples, including XML, in an appendix.

#g
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