[oslc-core] Issue: Using "local" and "inline" to Describe Resource Types

Steve K Speicher sspeiche at us.ibm.com
Mon Apr 12 15:52:14 EDT 2010


+1 makes it more clear

oslc-core-bounces at open-services.net wrote on 04/12/2010 03:43:14 PM:

> From: Dave <snoopdave at gmail.com>
> To: oslc-core <oslc-core at open-services.net>
> Date: 04/12/2010 03:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [oslc-core] Issue: Using "local" and "inline" to 
> Describe Resource Types
> Sent by: oslc-core-bounces at open-services.net
> 
> Arthur, I like that a lot. Does anybody object to this change in 
terminology?
> 
> - Dave
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Arthur Ryman <ryman at ca.ibm.com> wrote:
> > I propose that we use the following resource type naming scheme that 
uses
> > a more orthogonal approach.
> >
> > "inline" means that the value of the resource is given by a node 
element
> > (i.e. the resource is given inline).
> >
> > "local" means that the resource is a blank node, which may have a 
local
> > identifier.
> >
> > Each of these adjectives may modify the term "resource". The 
combinations
> > are as follows:
> >
> > "resource" - the property element. has an rdf:resource attribute that
> > gives the URI of the resource.
> >
> > "local resource" - the property element has an rdf:nodeID attribute 
that
> > gives the local blank node ID of the resource (the ID is local to the
> > RDF/XML document)
> >
> > "inline resource" - the property element contains a node element that
> > contains the resource's properties, and the node element has an 
rdf:about
> > attribute that gives the URI of the resource.
> >
> > "local inline resource" - the property element contains a node element
> > that contains the resource's properties, and the node element does NOT
> > have an rdf:about attribute. It MAY have an rdf:nodeID attribute that
> > gives the local ID of the resource.

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