Dave/Dragos, oslc:representation describes how the value of a resource-valued property appears in the RDF representation of the resource - this could be as a reference (i.,e. a URI) or as an inlined set of triples, in which case you could query its properties too.
Regards, ___________________________________________________________________________ Arthur Ryman, PhD, DE Chief Architect, Project and Portfolio Management IBM Software, Rational Markham, ON, Canada | Office: 905-413-3077, Cell: 416-939-5063 From: Dave <[email protected]> To: Dragos Cojocari <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: 11/23/2010 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [oslc-core] oslc:valueShape, oslc:valueType, oslc:representation and query Sent by: [email protected] 2010/11/22 Dragos Cojocari <[email protected]>: > what is the meaning of oslc:valueShape in the context of OSLC Query? The > current description states that: "if the value-type is a resource > type, then Property MAY provide a shape value to indicate the Resource Shape > that applies to the resource." > > However I have received suggestions that this property might also indicate > if the query service is able to get the properties of that resource, > aggregating its content in a response. The presence of a valueShape alone indicates that the properties of the resource are guaranteed to be available via query. > On the same topic do the oslc:valueType and oslc:representation have any > meaning in the context of OSCL Query? I don't believe those values should effect how you write queries or how queries are processed by the server. - Dave _______________________________________________ Oslc-Core mailing list [email protected] http://open-services.net/mailman/listinfo/oslc-core_open-services.net
