Ian Hickson wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Manu Sporny wrote:
>> I've looked over the list a couple of times and it's a good introduction
>> to the problem space.
>
> It's not really intended to be an introduction, so much as a complete list
> of use cases that people want the spec to cover.
In that case, I've got a few more that I'll be posting to this list over
the coming weeks.
> From the point of view of the HTML5 effort, what is needed is use cases,
> scenarios, and requirements, that don't in any way imply a particular
> solution, as in the list I posted, so that solutions can be evaluated.
Then, I hope this helps... I'm trying to keep the same format that you
posted:
Validation of Expressed Micro-data
USE CASE: Expose machine-readable documentation of micro-data
vocabularies so generalized validators and authoring tools can be
written.
SCENARIOS:
* Echo would like to write a generalized software tool to help page
authors express micro-data. One of the features that she would
like to include is one that displays authoring information, such
as vocabulary term description, type information, range
information, and other vocabulary term attributes in-line so
that authors have a better understanding of the vocabularies that
they're using.
* Thundercleese would like to ensure that his indexing software
only stores type-valid data. Part of the mechanism that he uses
to check the incoming micro-data stream is type information that
is embedded in the vocabularies that he uses.
* Sephiroth, harvester of souls, would like to provide warnings to
the authors that use his vocabulary that certain vocabulary terms
are experimental and may never become stable.
REQUIREMENTS:
* There should be a definitive location for vocabularies.
* It should be possible for vocabularies to describe other
vocabularies.
* Originating vocabulary documents should be discoverable.
* Machine-readable vocabulary information shouldn't be on a
separate page than the human-readable explanation.
More on this particular use case can be found here:
http://rdfa.info/wiki/rdfa-use-cases#Publishing_an_RDF_Vocabulary_and_Validating_Usage
-- manu
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Manu Sporny
President/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
blog: A Collaborative Distribution Model for Music
http://blog.digitalbazaar.com/2009/04/04/collaborative-music-model/
