From f41fadbd21814a3765942113f71717031628ec51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Olivier Grisel Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:24:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] renaming README to README.rst so that github page looks prettier --- README | 42 ------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 42 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index e301cf9..0000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,42 +0,0 @@ -Introduction ------------- - - -JSON-LD (JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data) is a lightweight Linked -Data format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines -to parse and generate. It is based on the already successful JSON format and -provides a way to help JSON data interoperate at Web-scale. If you are already -familiar with JSON, writing JSON-LD is very easy. There is a smooth migration -path from the JSON you use today, to the JSON-LD you will use in the future. -These properties make JSON-LD an ideal Linked Data interchange language for -JavaScript environments, Web services, and unstructured databases such as -CouchDB and MongoDB. - -A Simple Example ----------------- - -A simple example of a JSON object with added semantics: - -{ - "#": {"foaf": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"}, - "@": "", - "a": "foaf:Person", - "foaf:name" : "John Lennon" -} - -The example above describes a person whose name is John Lennon. The difference -between regular JSON and JSON-LD is that the JSON-LD object above uniquely -identifies itself on the Web and can be used, without introducing ambiguity, -across every Web site, Web services and databases in operation today. - -The Specification ------------------ - -If you are a developer, you may be interested in the latest WebID specification: - -http://json-ld.org/spec/latest/ - -A list of all previous specification drafts is also available. - -http://json-ld.org/spec/ - From 9449a228a4ca0d8d550109b7651d1730bed8b863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Olivier Grisel Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:26:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] forgot to readd the new README.rst... --- README.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.rst diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e301cf9 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Introduction +------------ + + +JSON-LD (JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data) is a lightweight Linked +Data format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines +to parse and generate. It is based on the already successful JSON format and +provides a way to help JSON data interoperate at Web-scale. If you are already +familiar with JSON, writing JSON-LD is very easy. There is a smooth migration +path from the JSON you use today, to the JSON-LD you will use in the future. +These properties make JSON-LD an ideal Linked Data interchange language for +JavaScript environments, Web services, and unstructured databases such as +CouchDB and MongoDB. + +A Simple Example +---------------- + +A simple example of a JSON object with added semantics: + +{ + "#": {"foaf": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"}, + "@": "", + "a": "foaf:Person", + "foaf:name" : "John Lennon" +} + +The example above describes a person whose name is John Lennon. The difference +between regular JSON and JSON-LD is that the JSON-LD object above uniquely +identifies itself on the Web and can be used, without introducing ambiguity, +across every Web site, Web services and databases in operation today. + +The Specification +----------------- + +If you are a developer, you may be interested in the latest WebID specification: + +http://json-ld.org/spec/latest/ + +A list of all previous specification drafts is also available. + +http://json-ld.org/spec/ + From 77717dd12cb0afad31dc795429146a1183c5b132 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Olivier Grisel Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:28:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] leverage the restructured text formatting --- README.rst | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index e301cf9..0185f40 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -2,31 +2,31 @@ Introduction ------------ -JSON-LD (JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data) is a lightweight Linked -Data format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines -to parse and generate. It is based on the already successful JSON format and -provides a way to help JSON data interoperate at Web-scale. If you are already -familiar with JSON, writing JSON-LD is very easy. There is a smooth migration -path from the JSON you use today, to the JSON-LD you will use in the future. -These properties make JSON-LD an ideal Linked Data interchange language for -JavaScript environments, Web services, and unstructured databases such as +JSON-LD (JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data) is a lightweight Linked +Data format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines +to parse and generate. It is based on the already successful JSON format and +provides a way to help JSON data interoperate at Web-scale. If you are already +familiar with JSON, writing JSON-LD is very easy. There is a smooth migration +path from the JSON you use today, to the JSON-LD you will use in the future. +These properties make JSON-LD an ideal Linked Data interchange language for +JavaScript environments, Web services, and unstructured databases such as CouchDB and MongoDB. A Simple Example ---------------- -A simple example of a JSON object with added semantics: - -{ - "#": {"foaf": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"}, - "@": "", - "a": "foaf:Person", - "foaf:name" : "John Lennon" -} - -The example above describes a person whose name is John Lennon. The difference -between regular JSON and JSON-LD is that the JSON-LD object above uniquely -identifies itself on the Web and can be used, without introducing ambiguity, +A simple example of a JSON object with added semantics:: + + { + "#": {"foaf": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"}, + "@": "", + "a": "foaf:Person", + "foaf:name" : "John Lennon" + } + +The example above describes a person whose name is John Lennon. The difference +between regular JSON and JSON-LD is that the JSON-LD object above uniquely +identifies itself on the Web and can be used, without introducing ambiguity, across every Web site, Web services and databases in operation today. The Specification