On 13 June 2010 21:17, <f...@kokkinizita.net> wrote: > 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 >> <docurl=http://blah> 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 : <http://lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core#> . > @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . > @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . > @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema> . > @prefix doap: <http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#> . > @prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> . > > 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. > > Ciao, > > -- > FA > > O tu, che porte, correndo si ? > E guerra e morte ! > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
