[oslc-core] Delegated dialog oslc:results ambiguity

[John Arwe]

Someone sent me this.  Seems like it would be a good candidate for the 3.0 
issue list.

I think we need to be clear on this since the existing "clients must 
ignore" language is IIRC RDF-centric and this is not an RDF context.


I am reading the OSLC Core Spec Version 2.0
http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/OslcCoreSpecification

One section I am particularly intrested in is the Resource Selection 


    Name: results
    URI: http://open-services.net/ns/core#results




There is texts that states
 
An example Resource Selection response: 

{
    "oslc:results" : [{
            "oslc:label": "Bug 123: Server crash",
            "rdf:resource": "http://example.com/bug123" (
http://example.com/bug123%27)
        }, {
            "oslc:label": "Bug 456: Client hangs on startup",
            "rdf:resource": "http://example.com/bug456" (
http://example.com/bug456%27)
        }
    ]
} 

So my question is does the actually results have to look like this example 
?

Basically I am getting extra information such as rdf:type which is 
generated automatically


Arwe: generically I would expect the global "clients must ignore 
unrecognized content" 'clause' would make that ok, but let me read this 
context since it's not RDF

Other: yes, just trying to get my head around alot of it - getting 
problems with generating the JSON as in the spec, one of them was the 
rdf:type just kept appearing, but I beleive we are using OSLC4J version 
1.1 - not sure if version 2.0 would generate as per specification.

Arwe: while it would not "hold up in court", I'm sure the intent is the 
same as if this was rdf - ignore what you don't recognize on the client 
side.
... this json is not rdf, despite its appearance.  I will queue this up 
for clarification in 3.0 though.
...FYI, you should still fix it over time.  The danger you're exposed to 
long term is that the extra info Might someday in the future get assigned 
a meaning in this context that conflicts with what your intent is.

Best Regards, John

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