On 6/13/11 8:46 AM, Richard Cyganiak wrote:
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.
I should have said: http://graph.facebook.com/605980750#this :-)
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?
Yes, as per above.
Kingsley
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
--
Regards,
Kingsley Idehen
President& CEO
OpenLink Software
Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen
Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen
