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Can we have some sort of "open with" predicate?
This is a copy from https://github.com/solid/node-solid-server/issues/944.
Would it be possible to define a predicate that tells the Solid server how to "open" a specific piece of data? Or does such a thing exist already?
Example: I have a web-app that stores data about an RC model at http://my-pod/models/1234. If someone opens that URL they will see the generic data-browser linked data representation of the resource. Now I would like to enable a "Open" or "Show" button in the data-browser by adding a statement like this:
[<http://my-pod/models/1234>, <opens-with>, <http://the-web-app/models?src=http%3A%2F%2Fmy-pod%2Fmodels%2F1234>]
See also discussion at https://forum.solidproject.org/t/whats-in-a-link/618
Things like https://github.com/solid/solid/blob/master/proposals/data-discovery.md, https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/ and https://github.com/solid/solid/blob/master/proposals/app-discovery.md was suggested in the previous thread.
One easy-peasy way to solve this issue, would be to add a link like the one above to each of the resources:
[<http://my-resource>, <do:Click-here-to-open>, <http://the-best-app>]
Given that the current incarnation of the data browser strips the namespace prefix "do:" and replaces dashes with spaces, the end user would be presented with a statement that says "Click here to open" ... I guess most people would try that and get used to it working :-)
I do although think a better long term solution would be to let apps register URL templates for data types (as discussed in the linked solid/node-solid-server#944).
The data browser would then, for each type found, look up the user's "open with" URL template, and if such was found, merge the subject URL into the template and present the user with an "Open" link-button.
That would be equivalent to how the Windows file system registers "Open with" applications for file-extensions.
We probably want to get this right the first time. Links per resource will not scale.
I would prefer to assign an app per rdf type in my solid profile, so each user can decide herself which apps to use, similar how the type index tells where to store data of a type
Is that similiar to Navigator. RegisterProtocolHandler which is used on some apps?
(Haven't checked out the links in this thread)
