On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:11:04 +0200, Mark Fortner <[email protected]>
wrote:
Roland,
We have a similar problem in the bioinformatics world, where a field like
"id" could mean an ID from a specific database, an accession (an
alphanumeric ID similar to a database ID). One way around this is to use
semantic annotations for fields. Here's an example.
http://aspenbio.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/biogroovy-and-the-semantic-web/
RDF is great for interoperability; for readability in general cases, it's
still good but requires that the reader knows it.
Generally speaking, annotations can be good for specifying constraints,
pre/post conditions, and improve readability in a easy way. In its small
garden, for instance, things such as @NonNull are simple, intuitive and
deliver some added value.
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