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On 13 June 2010 21:17,   wrote:

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> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:58:11PM -0400, Jeremy wrote:

>

>> I would like to add that as a beginner to LV2 plugins, I found the use of

>> urls to be *extremely* confusing.

>

> Glad to know I'm not the only one.

>

>> If your goal is to have documentation easily accessible, then a line

>>  would serve the purpose just as well.  The way it's

>> currently set up, you have no idea if the URL is dereferenceable, or even

>> supposed to be dereferenceable.

>

> I've been wondering what is the purpose of things like:

>

> @prefix :      .

> @prefix rdf:   .

> @prefix rdfs:  .

> @prefix xsd:   .

> @prefix doap:  .

> @prefix foaf:  .

>

> where 'doap' stands for 'Description Of A Project', and

> 'foaf' for 'Friend Of A Friend'.

>

> If this has to be part of an LV2 plugin somehow (and it's not

> clear if it has to be or not), AND whatever software that is

> reading this is *not* supposed to follow these links and find

> some information there, what is the purpose ?

>

> If these things are not a required part of any LV2 file, what

> are they doing in the documentation (except confusing people) ?

>

> I'm more and more convinced that people creating these sort of

> thing entertain the illusion that they somehow create meaning

> while there is none. It looks more like an extreme form of

> illiteracy, a complete failure to convey meaning in a form that

> makes sense to a human.

I think I understood this to be similar to C++ 'using namespace std;'

and with the same consequences as omitting 'using namespace std;' to a

C++ file.
I did also find it all very confusing, which was a partial influence

over the LADSPA plugins I ported to LV2 last year becoming

abandon-ware.
A tool to auto generate the rdf from a basic template would be nice.
james.
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