David, I think you've confused syntax-independence with serialization-independence. RDF is syntax-dependent. The syntax is triples. OTOH, triple syntax can be serialized in a wide variety of ways.
Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: David Booth [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:42 PM > To: Luca Matteis > Cc: Kingsley Idehen; Linked Data community > Subject: Re: Proof: Linked Data does not require RDF > > > >> Can you please then setup a pool asking "Does creating and > >> publishing Linked Data require knowledge of RDF?" > > I would be willing to make such a poll if it seemed that people wanted > it, but I don't think it is necessary. There are *many* document > formats that can carry RDF, and it seems self-evident that someone who > publishes an RDF-interpretable format like JSON-LD or (GRDDL-enabled) > XML may not understand RDF **at all**. This is one of the great > benefits of RDF being syntax independent. The JSON-LD group understood > this very well and did a great job crafting the JSON-LD spec to ensure > that web developers would *not* have to understand RDF in order to > happily publish their JSON-LD. > > If the data is *interpretable* as RDF, then who cares whether the > publisher understood RDF? It seems irrelevant to me. > > David >
