fiatjaf on Nostr: In a very dark discussion about RDF at ...
In a very dark discussion about RDF at https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/878 Vitor Pamplona (npub1gcx…nj5z) shared the best story that should sum up everything that is wrong with this stuff:
"Covid QR codes we worked on are W3C verifiable credentials over RDF-based schemas. Instead of getting one payload structure for all COVID vaccine credentials, we got a different payload for every country/state that implemented it. Even though these solutions were all implemented from scratch, virtually at the same time, with similar technical guidance and huge desire for interoperability from everyone. All we got were systems that can verify one another but can't really understand each other. It didn't matter that we were using W3C or RDF."
"Covid QR codes we worked on are W3C verifiable credentials over RDF-based schemas. Instead of getting one payload structure for all COVID vaccine credentials, we got a different payload for every country/state that implemented it. Even though these solutions were all implemented from scratch, virtually at the same time, with similar technical guidance and huge desire for interoperability from everyone. All we got were systems that can verify one another but can't really understand each other. It didn't matter that we were using W3C or RDF."