Agree that the announce emails need to be generic enough. However I am not sure - if you don't know what RDF is, then you are almost just as likely to not know what "Resource Description Framework" is; as practically no-one uses this expansion anymore.
The Semanic Web community does however now often use the term "Linked Data" to include the "http" aspect, which I think could be included in our Commons RDF description - for instance you could in theory use Commons RDF to parse (some) http://schema.org/ annotations from the web - but that would also rely on the parser API which in this release is currently marked as experimental. If a developer already know one of popular Java frameworks for RDF, Jena or RDF4J, and perhaps wish there was some interoperability level beyond saving and loading RDF files or SPARQL servers, then I hope they should be able to recognize that Commons RDF is an API that can provide just that. But we should also move on to target new RDF users who don't know what Jena and RDF4J are - perhaps they are scared by their large APIs - and that is exactly what Commons RDF is also trying to cover. I am thinking in particular it could be useful to do some kind of RDF introduction tutorial similar to https://jena.apache.org/documentation/rdf/ using Commons RDF as API - which would focus much less on the interoperability aspect. On 16 November 2016 at 13:50, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > What is the project about? Why should I be interested in it? > [rhetorical questions] > > The Announce emails are sent to people not on the developer or user lists. > > Whilst the mail does mention RDF, it does not say what RDF is. > It would help to add a short description, even just adding > "Resource Description Framework" > would help as there are other possible meanings for the acronym RDF. > Most are unlikely to apply but the reader should not have to research this. > > > On 16 November 2016 at 11:15, Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org> wrote: >> The Apache Commons RDF team is pleased to announce: >> >> * Apache Commons RDF 0.3.0-incubating >> >> >> Apache Commons RDF aims to provide a common Java API for RDF 1.1 >> graphs and datasets. >> >> Commons RDF 0.3.0 adds API bindings for Apache Jena, Eclipse RDF4J, >> JSON-LD Java as well as a standalone implementation. >> >> This release also adds support for Quads, Datasets and generalized RDF. >> >> Note that Commons RDF 0.3.0 adds an experimental RDFParser API which >> is subject to change in the following releases; we welcome any >> feedback and suggestions. >> >> >> Commons RDF 0.3.0 is available from Maven Central and from: >> >> https://commonsrdf.incubator.apache.org/download >> >> >> For documentation and more, see >> https://commonsrdf.incubator.apache.org/ >> >> >> >> Apache Commons RDF is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache >> Software Foundation (ASF) sponsored by the Apache Incubator PMC. >> Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further >> review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision >> making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other >> successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a >> reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does >> indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF. >> >> >> >> sha1 checksums: >> 965cbbb52946ae9ba710ab19a8fb931fbfe65e7f >> apache-commons-rdf-0.3.0-incubating-src.zip >> 9e08b3edcc633eb07a1c303b1939a0faaebb6c1f >> apache-commons-rdf-0.3.0-incubating-src.tar.gz >> >> >> -- >> Stian Soiland-Reyes >> http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > -- Stian Soiland-Reyes http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
