Elmo, http://www.openrdf.org/, uses @RDF for the same purpose.


--- On Mon, 8/18/08, Niclas Hedhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Niclas Hedhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [qi4j-dev] Type namespaces in RDF output
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 6:12 AM
> +1 to all, with a slight reservation of "@URI".
> URI is so much,
> whereas this is particular to schemas and RDF in general.
> One possible
> alternative that I would like you to consider is @Schema
> instead. Not
> totally important to me, but perhaps this hasn't
> crossed your mind.
> 
> Cheers
> Niclas
> 
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Rickard Öberg
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I'm toying with the RDF output, to see how it can
> be improved. One thing
> > I want to do early is to add the possibility to
> specify the RDF names
> > for properties ad types. I've added a @URI
> annotation for this purposes
> > and here's an example:
> > @URI(
> "http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/PhysicalObject";)
> > interface TestEntity
> >     extends EntityComposite
> > {
> >     @URI( DcRdf.DC+"title")
> >     @NotEmpty Property<String> name();
> >
> >     Association<TestEntity> association();
> >
> >     ManyAssociation<TestEntity> manyAssoc();
> >
> >    
> @URI("http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#GROUP";)
> >     ListAssociation<TestEntity> listAssoc();
> > }
> > ---
> > This sets the type to a known RDF-type, the
> "name" property becomes a
> > Dublin Core Title, and the listAssoc() is a vCard
> GROUP.
> >
> > The resulting RDF (from EntitySerializer) becomes:
> > <?xml version="1.0"
> encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <rdf:RDF
> >       
> xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#";
> >       
> xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";
> >       
> xmlns:ns1="http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#";
> >       
> xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#";>
> > <PhysicalObject
> xmlns="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/";
> >
> rdf:about="urn:qi4j:entity:org.qi4j.library.rdf.entity.TestEntity/test2">
> >        <dc:title>Niclas</dc:title>
> >        <identity
> >
> xmlns="urn:qi4j:entity:org.qi4j.entity.Identity:">test2</identity>
> >        <association
> >
> xmlns="urn:qi4j:entity:org.qi4j.library.rdf.entity.TestEntity:"
> >
> rdf:resource="urn:qi4j:entity:org.qi4j.library.rdf.entity.TestEntity/test1"/>
> >        <manyAssoc
> xmlns="urn:qi4j:entity:org.qi4j.library.rdf.entity.TestEntity:">
> >                <rdf:Bag>
> >                        <rdf:li
> >
> rdf:resource="urn:qi4j:entity:org.qi4j.library.rdf.entity.TestEntity/test1"/>
> >                </rdf:Bag>
> >        </manyAssoc>
> >        <ns1:GROUP>
> >                <rdf:Seq>
> >                        <rdf:li
> >
> rdf:resource="urn:qi4j:entity:org.qi4j.library.rdf.entity.TestEntity/test1"/>
> >                        <rdf:li
> >
> rdf:resource="urn:qi4j:entity:org.qi4j.library.rdf.entity.TestEntity/test1"/>
> >                        <rdf:li
> >
> rdf:resource="urn:qi4j:entity:org.qi4j.library.rdf.entity.TestEntity/test1"/>
> >                </rdf:Seq>
> >        </ns1:GROUP>
> > </PhysicalObject>
> > </rdf:RDF>
> > ---
> >
> > which is quite nice :-) This will make it easier for
> non-Java clients to
> > consume the RDF, and also helps versioning (as you can
> specify exact
> > schema versions using this approach).
> >
> > What do you think? Any comments on how to improve, or
> any dangers with it?
> >
> > /Rickard
> >
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