Thanks for sharing, Andy. Expanding your email to include dev@oodt.a.o and dev@tika.a.o since both projects deal with RDF data too.
All, FYI below. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Chief Architect Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section (398) NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 168-519, Mailstop: 168-527 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: Andy Seaborne <a...@apache.org> Reply-To: "d...@any23.apache.org" <d...@any23.apache.org> Date: Saturday, August 23, 2014 9:05 AM To: "d...@marmotta.apache.org" <d...@marmotta.apache.org>, "d...@clerezza.apache.org" <d...@clerezza.apache.org>, "dev@stanbol.apache.org" <dev@stanbol.apache.org>, "d...@jena.apache.org" <d...@jena.apache.org>, "d...@any23.apache.org" <d...@any23.apache.org> Subject: Proposed Charter: RDF Data Shapes Working Group (Call for Review) >W3C is creating a new working group to work on the validation of RDF >data. "Shapes" is code language for this. > >Since an initial draft of a charter, there has a been a lot of >discussion of charter on the public W3C list: > > public-rdf-sha...@w3.org > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-shapes/ > >and this has resulted in a proposed charter: > > http://www.w3.org/2014/data-shapes/charter > >""" >Deliverables > >An RDF vocabulary, such as Resource Shapes 2.0, for expressing these >shapes in RDF triples, so they can be stored, queried, analyzed, and >manipulated with normal RDF tools, with some extensibility mechanism for >complex use cases. > >Semantics, possibly defined as SPARQL operations, specifying how shapes >are evaluated against RDF graphs. > >OPTIONAL - Compact, human-readable, non-RDF syntax for expressing >constraints on RDF graph patterns (aka shapes), suitable for the use >cases determined by the group. >""" > >If any committer wants to comment, the Apache Software Foundation can >respond to the formal request for comments. We would need to produce a >single, consolidated, agreed response. > >If any committer wants to participate, and does not work for an W3C >member [*], Apache can nominate you to the working group. (Note: you'll >need to invest a significant amount of time to be effective and probably >travel. Apache does not provide any funding.) > > Andy > W3C rep for ASF > >[*] If you work for a W3C member, you should go via that route or the >legal issues may get very messy. >
