On 12 Jun 2011, at 22:05, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > Example using the URL: http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen: > > { > "id": "605980750", > "name": "Kingsley Uyi Idehen", > "first_name": "Kingsley", > "middle_name": "Uyi", > "last_name": "Idehen", > "link": "https://www.facebook.com/kidehen";, > "username": "kidehen", > "gender": "male", > "locale": "en_US" > }
Ok so you got this JSON from here: http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen Then you go on to say that it would be much better if it said: "id": "https://www.facebook.com/kidehen#this"; instead of: "id": "605980750" But given that you can't get any JSON from https://www.facebook.com/kidehen#this, wouldn't it be better if it said: "id": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen"; or even, as Glenn proposed: "id": "http://graph.facebook.com/605980750"; Both of these resolve and produce JSON. So if I wanted to refer to you in my app, it seems like these two would be quite handy identifiers, and superior to the one you proposed, no? Best, Richard > > Some observations: > > "id" attribute has value "605980750", this value means little on its own > outside Facebook's data space. > > Now imagine we tweaked this graph like so: > > > { > "id": "https://www.facebook.com/kidehen#this"; > "name": "Kingsley Uyi Idehen", > "first_name": "Kingsley", > "middle_name": "Uyi", > "last_name": "Idehen", > "link": "https://www.facebook.com/kidehen";, > "username": "kidehen", > "gender": "male", > "locale": "en_US" > } > > All of a sudden, I've used a HTTP scheme based hyperlink to introduce a tiny > degree of introspection. > > I repeat this exercise for the attributes i.e., Name then using HTTP scheme > URIs, and likewise for values best served by HTTP scheme URIs for boundlessly > extending the object above, courtesy of the InterWeb. > > Even if Facebook doesn't buy into my world view re. data objects, my > worldview remains satisfied since I can ingest the FB data objects and then > endow them with the fidelity I via use of URI based Names. > > Example Linked Data Resource URL: > http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/about/html/http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/about/id/entity/http/graph.facebook.com/kidehen > . > > Example Object Name from My Data Space: > http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/about/id/entity/http/graph.facebook.com/kidehen > . > > A little structured data goes a long way to making what we all seek happen. > Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! etc.. have committed to producing > structured data. This commitment is massive and it should be celebrated since > it makes life much easier for everyone that's interested in Linked Data or > the broader Semantic Web vision. They aren't claiming to deliver anything > more than structured data. At this time, their fundamental goal is to leave > Semantic Fidelity matters to those who are interested in such pursuits, > appropriately skilled, and so motivated. > > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > President& CEO > OpenLink Software > Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen > > > > > >
