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> Reading sections of the specification that have undergone feedback from more nitpicky readers still make me cringe because ease of understanding has been sacrificed at the alter of pedantic technical accuracy. However, I don’t feel embarrassed to point web developers to a section of the specification when they ask for an introduction to a particular feature of JSON-LD. There are not many specifications where you can do that.

Seeing as how there are many opportunities to provide documentation for beginners and only one place to provide authoritative answers to pedantic technical questions, I feel that the author has misplaced priorities.




Indeed: approachable and readable are good, but not at the cost of delivering resolution for knotty ambiguities, as Algol found in its day...




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