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Re: [Gzz] PEG: link type names


From: Benja Fallenstein
Subject: Re: [Gzz] PEG: link type names
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 16:23:12 +0200
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Tuomas Lukka wrote:
On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 04:04:36PM +0200, Benja Fallenstein wrote:

Tuomas Lukka wrote:

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PEG linktypes--tjl: Renaming link types
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:Author:   Tuomas J. Lukka
:Last-Modified: $Date: 2003/05/12 13:22:12 $
:Revision: $Revision: 1.1 $
:Status:   Current

In vocabprocess--tjl, renaming xu links and
PP links to CLink and dLink, respectively,
received opposition. This PEG is for discussing
the nomenclature of the vocabularies.

Say here why a rename is needed.


Fixed (as an issue)


Issues
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Changes
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In vocabularies (and possibly elsewhere), the connections
that are now called xu links and PP links should
be renamed to c-links and d-links for {content/constant} link
and {directed/dynamic} link.

Say here why these names.

My opinion is that 'clink' and 'dlink' are nondescriptive. I think 'content link' is probably a good name; it should then be named 'contentLink,' not 'cLink.' An alternative is 'alphLink'; since this is closely coupled to Alph, 'alphLink' is actually probably better.

contentLink: too long, but I might accept that.

Why too long?

alphLink: the vocabs &c should then be in alph.

I'm not so sure about that. Alph introduces the concept of an alph link but doesn't know about RDF; Fenfire uses Alph and RDF; it seems justified that Fenfire would provide an RDF vocabulary for representing Alph concepts.

Since practically all connections are directed in FF, directed link sounds like a bad name. I suggest Link for the namespace and linkedTo for the property. The -To suggests the direction; the inverse would obviously be linkedFrom, not linkedTo, so the property is directional.

How about "structLink" and linkedTo ?

"structLink" as what? The namespace/class name? I think I'd write that StructLink in Java, since Java classes always start with a capital, and I think 'structlink' in the URI. Hmm.

- Benja





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