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Introduction

The OSLC Core Working Group defines essential technical elements of OSLC specifications and offers guidance on common concerns for creating, updating, retrieving, and linking to lifecycle resources. The Core specification builds on the best practices we’ve learned as a community and on the work of the existing domain work groups. Future OSLC domain specifications will be based on this core specification, enabling other workgroups to focus more exclusively on domain-specific concerns.

Approach

A cross-OSLC workgroup has been formed to drive the ongoing creation, maintenance, and adoption of the Core Spec. The workgroup includes the leads from the various domain workgroups and anyone else from the OSLC community who wishes to participate.

Status

The OSLC Core Specification Version 2.0 is final, only minor fixes and corrections are allowed. Work is current advancing on version 3.0 and alignment with W3C member submission on Linked Data Basic Profile and the work of the W3C Linked Data Platform working group.

Communications & Feedback

Meetings

The OSLC Core Work Group meets weekly to work through issues raised on the Core specification and to discuss new specification and guidance topics. You can find our schedule, agendas and minutes here:

Core Specification Documents

Document Status
OSLC Core v2.0 Specification FINAL
OSLC Core v2.0 Query Syntax FINAL
OSLC Core v2.0 UI Preview FINAL
OSLC Core v2.0 Appendix A: Common Properties FINAL
OSLC Core v2.0 Appendix B: Representations FINAL
OSLC Core v2.0 Appendix C: Link Guidance FINAL
OSLC Core v3.0 Specifications DRAFTING

OSLC Core V2 Issues

Common Specification Efforts

Name Description Status
OSLC TrackedResourceSet Core workgroup effort to define what a service must provide to enable indexing Implementation Reports, Issues FINALIZING
OSLC Partial Update Guidance on Partial Update using HTTP PATCH Working Draft (active)

Supporting Documents

Document Description Status
RDFS Vocabulary for Core RDFS Vocabulary for OSLC Core defined properties located at http://open-services.net/ns/core# FINAL
RDFS Vocabulary Index RDFS Vocabulary Index for all OSLC defined properties, classes and individuals Working Document
Vocab 3.0 Proposal for vocabulary evolution Working Document
Core V3 Plan Themes and proposals to consider for V3 Working Document
OSLC Core V2 Issues Proposals and Issues to consider for V2 Working Document
Core Specification V2 Implementation Guidance Live community document with guidance Working Document
Resource Design Guidelines Guidance on defining RDF resources and vocabularies Approved guidance
URI Naming and Vocabulary Publishing Guidelines Workgroup URI naming and vocabulary publishing guidance Approved guidance
Email Etiquette Some guidance when participating via mailing lists Approved Guidance
OSLC Query Semantics Details on mapping of OSLC query syntax to SPARQL Working Document
OSLC Cross Domain Needs Which integration patterns important in each domain Working Document
OSLC Core Domain Template Template for OSLC Domain Specification Out of date
OSLC ChangeLog Core workgroup effort to define what a service must provide to enable indexing Moved to specification
OSLC Reporting Workgroup defining what a service must provide to enable reporting Working Draft (not active)
OSLC Baselines Core workgroup effort to define specification needs for baselines Working Draft (not active)

Milestones

Spec Scope Proposed Outline Initial Draft Spec Start Convergence Finalize Spec
Core 2.0 February 17 2010 February 24 2010 March 1 2010 April 14 2010 Entered finalization:
July 28 2010
Final:
June 1, 2011
Core 3.0 March 2012 May 2012 July 2012 March 2013 June 2013