Re: Linked Data Platform ISSUE-20: What is the base URI of a POSTed document?

On 10/11/12 11:18 AM, Henry Story wrote:
> Same here we get RDF tools for free including Jena, Sesame and Virtuoso.
> But if you constantly oppose RDF and linked Data, people may at some
> point start thinking that Virtuoso is not interested in interoperability.
I am not opposing RDF and Linked Data. Quite the contrary. I am saying 
we shouldn't conflate them en route to losing on all fronts [1].

I have been crystal clear about my concerns about RDF and Linked Data 
for years. RDF is an optional (W3C recommended) route to creating 
Web-scale Linked Data. That doesn't make Linked Data and RDF isomorphic.

This thread is an example of how RDF can go wrong since referring to RDF 
specs in the context of Linked Data level problem isn't the solution. 
The fact that Andy, you, and I can agree and disagree in such nuanced 
ways is the kind of problem that ultimately manifests when RDF and 
Linked Data are conflated. Net effect, something so simple ends up with 
the perception of being eternally mercurial thereby turning the entire 
"deceptively simple" virtue of AWWW (as exemplified by Linked Data) on 
its head.

We can talk about Linked Data concepts clearly if we simply stop being 
insecure about RDF. Both have distinct virtues that are ultimately lost 
in confusion when conflated.

Links:

1. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-wg/2012Sep/0003.html 
-- reference earlier to demonstrate the issues with RDF and Linked Data 
conflation (note its origins ie., JSON-LD list) .

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