Add produceGeneralizedRdf and related edits to the API.
authorGregg Kellogg <gregg@kellogg-assoc.com>
Sat, 20 Jul 2013 14:37:51 -0700
changeset 1791 6302e610dfd2
parent 1790 e8581d0c27f4
child 1793 9e1a5948a829
Add produceGeneralizedRdf and related edits to the API.
This addresses David Booth's comments in issue #222.
spec/latest/json-ld-api/index.html
--- a/spec/latest/json-ld-api/index.html	Sat Jul 20 16:44:48 2013 -0400
+++ b/spec/latest/json-ld-api/index.html	Sat Jul 20 14:37:51 2013 -0700
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@
       and the Convert to RDF algorithms</li>
     <li>Raise an error if a blank node is used as data type</li>
     <li>Clarify that blank node identifier are supported as value of <code>@vocab</code></li>
+    <li>When generating RDF, exclude <tref title="rdf triple">triples</tref> containing a 
+      <tref>blank node</tref> <tref title="rdf predicate">predicate</tref>, unless the
+      <code class="idlMemberName"><a href="#widl-JsonLdOptions-produceGeneralizedRdf">produceGeneralizedRdf</a></code>
+      option is set.</li>
   </ul>
 </section>
 
@@ -3136,17 +3140,12 @@
         <a href="mailto:public-rdf-comments@w3.org">public-rdf-comments@w3.org</a>.
         For the current status see
         <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/wiki/JSON-LD_Features_at_Risk">features "at risk" in JSON-LD 1.0</a></p>
-      <p>RDF does not currently allow a <tref>blank node</tref> to be
-        used as <tref>property</tref>, while JSON-LD
-        does. <tref title="JSON-LD-RDF Converter">JSON-LD-RDF Converters</tref>
-        can work around this restriction, when converting JSON-LD to RDF, by
-        converting such <tref title="blank node">blank nodes</tref> to
-        <tref title="IRI">IRIs</tref>, minting new "Skolem IRIs" as per
-        <cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-skolemization">Replacing Blank Nodes with IRIs</a></cite>
-        of [[RDF11-CONCEPTS]]. Based on feedback from implementors the
-        Working Group may decide to disallow blank nodes as graph names and
-        properties in JSON-LD. If this change would affect you, be sure to
-        send in a comment.</p>
+      <p>RDF graphs do not allow <tref title="blank node">blank nodes</tref> to be used
+        as an <tref>RDF predicate</tref>, while JSON-LD does.
+        Unless the
+        <code class="idlMemberName"><a href="#widl-JsonLdOptions-produceGeneralizedRdf">produceGeneralizedRdf</a></code>
+        option is set, this algorithm will exclude
+        triples including a <tref>blank node</tref> <tref>RDF predicate</tref>.</p>
     </div>
 
     <section class="informative">
@@ -3176,7 +3175,11 @@
       <h3>Algorithm</h3>
 
       <p>The algorithm takes a JSON-LD document <i>element</i> and returns an
-        <tref>RDF dataset</tref>.</p>
+        <tref>RDF dataset</tref>. Unless set, the
+        <code class="idlMemberName"><a href="#widl-JsonLdOptions-produceGeneralizedRdf">produceGeneralizedRdf</a></code>
+        option of a <tref>JSON-LD API Implementation</tref> causes an <tref>RDF triple</tref>
+        containing a <tref>blank node</tref> <tref title="rdf predicate">predicate</tref> to be
+        excluded from output.</p>
 
       <p>This algorithm generates new <tref title="blank node identifier">blank node identifiers</tref>
         and relabels existing <tref title="blank node identifier">blank node identifiers</tref>.
@@ -3208,6 +3211,9 @@
                       and <i>type</i> to <i>triples</i>.</li>
                     <li>Otherwise, if <i>property</i> is a <tref>keyword</tref>
                       continue to the next <i>property</i>-<i>values</i> pair.</li>
+                    <li>Otherwise, if <i>property</i> is a <tref>blank node identifier</tref> and
+                      <code class="idlMemberName"><a href="#widl-JsonLdOptions-produceGeneralizedRdf">produceGeneralizedRdf</a></code>
+                      is not <code>true</code>, continue to the next <i>property</i>-<i>values</i> pair.</li>
                     <li>Otherwise, <i>property</i> is an <tref>IRI</tref> or
                       <tref>blank node identifier</tref>. For each <i>item</i>
                       in <i>values</i>:
@@ -3989,6 +3995,12 @@
         different optimizations. Developers MUST NOT define modes beginning
         with <code>json-ld</code> as they are reserved for future versions
         of this specification.</dd>
+      <dt>boolean produceGeneralizedRdf = false</dt>
+      <dd>If set to <code>true</code>, the JSON-LD processor emits <tref title="rdf triple">RDF Triples</tref>
+        having a <tref>blank node</tref> <tref title="rdf predicate">predicate</tref>.
+        If set to <code>false</code>, <tref title="rdf triple">RDF Triples</tref>
+        having a <tref>blank node</tref> <tref title="rdf predicate">predicate</tref>
+        are excluded from output.</dd>
     </dl>
   </section> <!-- end JsonLdOptions -->