[oslc-cm] Suggested improvements to "link label" specification writeup

[Steve K Speicher]

CM WG,

In re-reviewing the text on "link labels" [1], it appears that there isn't 
enough guidance given on how to do the right thing (use link labels from 
target resource) versus storing redundant information in reified 
statements (as described in the CM spec).

Here is a proposal to clarify this intent and suggest appropriate 
behavior:

Change Management relationships to other resources are represented by RDF 
properties. Instances of a relationship - often called links - are RDF 
triples whose predicate is the property, and whose value (aka object) is 
the URI of target resource. When a Change Management link is to be 
presented in a user interface, it may be helpful to display an informative 
and useful textual label instead of or in addition to the URI. It is 
recommended to use either a property from the target resource such as 
dcterms:title or retrieve a label for presentation by retrieving the 
target resource's OSLCUIPreview.  In the case where a relationship (a 
triple) requires a unique label that is not available from the target 
resource, only then OSLC providers MAY support a dcterms:title link 
property in Change Management resource representations, using the anchor 
approach outlined in the OSLC Core Links Guidance.

Note, I'm CC'ing the Core WG as this text is not unique to CM spec.  It 
was adopted by other domains as well, so wanted to send for awareness.

If anyone has any objections to this change, please let me know.

[1] - 
http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/CmSpecificationV2#Labels_for_Relationships

Thanks,
Steve Speicher | IBM Rational Software | (919) 254-0645