made the resource-centric approach explicit in the text ldpatch
authorAlexandre Bertails <alexandre@bertails.org>
Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:58:39 -0400
branchldpatch
changeset 746 66030a2d0f9f
parent 745 4c0cabfd1189
child 776 503808034312
made the resource-centric approach explicit in the text
ldpatch.html
--- a/ldpatch.html	Tue Aug 19 22:43:37 2014 -0400
+++ b/ldpatch.html	Wed Aug 20 09:58:39 2014 -0400
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
   <body>
     <section id='abstract'>
       <p>
-Linked Data Patch Format (LD Patch) defines a language for expressing a sequence of operations to apply to a RDF Graph; it is suitable for use with the HTTP PATCH method. The "text/ldpatch" media type is used to identify such Patch documents.
+Linked Data Patch Format (LD Patch) defines a language for expressing a sequence of operations to apply to Linked Data resources; it is suitable for use with the HTTP PATCH method. The "text/ldpatch" media type is used to identify such Patch documents.
       </p>
     </section>
     
@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@
 This document defines the Linked Data Patch Format (LD Patch), a format for describing changes to apply to Linked Data. It is suitable for use with <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5789">HTTP PATCH</a>, a method to perform partial modifications to Web resources. The "text/ldpatch" media type is used to identify such LD Patch documents.
       </p>
       <p>
-An instance of the LD Patch language (or LD Patch document) defines a list of operations to be performed against an RDF Graph, namely the addition or removal of RDF triples in this graph.
+An instance of the LD Patch language (or LD Patch document) defines a list of operations to be performed against a Linked Data resource, namely the addition or removal of RDF triples in this graph.
       </p>
 
       <p id="relation-sparql-update">
-        The LD Patch format described in this document should be seen as an "assembly language" for updating <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-rdf-graph">RDF Graphs</a>. It is the intention to confine its expressive power to an RDF diff with <a href="#pathological-graph">minimal support for blank nodes</a> and <code>rdf:List</code> manipulations. For more powerful operations on RDF Graphs and Quad Stores, the LDP WG recommends the reader to consider <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-update/">SPARQL Update</a>.
+        The LD Patch format described in this document should be seen as an "assembly language" for updating <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#section-rdf-graph">RDF Graphs</a> in a resource-centric fashion. It is the intention to confine its expressive power to an RDF diff with <a href="#pathological-graph">minimal support for blank nodes</a> and <code>rdf:List</code> manipulations. For more powerful operations on RDF Graphs and Quad Stores, the LDP WG recommends the reader to consider <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-update/">SPARQL Update</a>.
       </p>
 
       <h2 id="considered-alternatives">Considered alternatives</h2>