Re: [foaf-dev] foaf:accountAccesspage

Dave Brondsema wrote:
> -1 to use a URL document like a twitter page, in rdf:about.  See
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-cooluris-20071217/#distinguishing and
> http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/pub/LinkedDataTutorial/#howname

I agree, I think we're past the document vs. thing discussion now and have agreed that they should be separated.
Can all of an account's essential characteristics be conveyed in a message? I don't think so. -> No
information resource.
Besides, a profile is just *one* possible page about an account. There might be other pages describing
other parts of it, like a preferences page.

> Why don't you just use the existing foaf:page property like this? (This
> example is in turtle format)

The issue is actually documented in the FOAF wiki ([1] where foaf:accountHomepage is proposed) and has
been discussed in various places: [2], [3]. I thought there had been a more recent discussion on here which
I replied to but I can't seem to find that.
Anyway, foaf:accountProfilePage seems to be what many people use (including Henry Story: [4]). I still
disagree with that because in my eyes foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf [5] captures exactly what is needed here. So
if you really have to use yet another property just because it's used in a context where
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf hasn't been used before (but is perfectly valid for), then go ahead, but at least
make it a sub-property of foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf. In my eyes it's an unnecessary duplication of
properties. More re-use! Makes data integration easier! 
foaf:homepage [6] seems to be too specific because a profile page is not really a homepage. And foaf:page is
too generic and doesn't have the nice feature of being an IFP.

Regards,
  Simon

[1] http://wiki.foaf-project.org/OnlineAccountHomepageIssue
[2] http://markmail.org/message/ncvmqu2nb3jx55le
[3] http://lists.foaf-project.org/pipermail/foaf-dev/2007-June/008599.html
[4] http://blogs.sun.com/bblfish/entry/personalising_my_blog
[5] http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#term_isPrimaryTopicOf
[6] http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#term_homepage