From 67272214296f2b877d40534019632d81540bf5a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manu Sporny Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:30:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added README and LICENSE. --- LICENSE | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ README | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 LICENSE create mode 100644 README diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bd572d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +BSD 3-Clause License +Copyright (c) 2011, Digital Bazaar, Inc. +All rights reserved. + +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: + +Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, +this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + +Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + +Neither the name of the Digital Bazaar, Inc. nor the names of its +contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from +this software without specific prior written permission. + +THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS +IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A +PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT +HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, +SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR +PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF +LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING +NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS +SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. + diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2b4a1b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +Introduction +------------ + +JSON, as specified in RFC4627, is a simple language for representing +objects on the Web. Linked Data is a way of describing content across +different documents or Web sites. Web resources are described using +IRIs, and typically are dereferencable entities that may be used to find +more information, creating a "Web of Knowledge". JSON-LD is intended to +be a simple publishing method for expressing not only Linked Data in +JSON, but for adding semantics to existing JSON. + +JSON-LD is designed as a light-weight syntax that can be used to express +Linked Data. It is primarily intended to be a way to express Linked Data +in Javascript and other Web-based programming environments. It is also +useful when building interoperable Web Services and when storing Linked +Data in JSON-based document storage engines. It is practical and +designed to be as simple as possible, utilizing the large number of JSON +parsers and existing code that is in use today. It is designed to be +able to express key-value pairs, RDF data, RDFa [RDFA-CORE] data, +Microformats [MICROFORMATS] data, and Microdata [MICRODATA]. That is, it +supports every major Web-based structured data model in use today. + +The syntax does not require many applications to change their JSON, but +easily add meaning by adding context in a way that is either in-band or +out-of-band. The syntax is designed to not disturb already deployed +systems running on JSON, but provide a smooth migration path from JSON +to JSON with added semantics. Finally, the format is intended to be fast +to parse, fast to generate, stream-based and document-based processing +compatible, and require a very small memory footprint in order to operate. + +Commercial Support +------------------ + +Commercial support for this library is available upon request from +Digital Bazaar: support@digitalbazaar.com + +Source +------ + +The source code for the PaySwarm WordPress plugin is available at: + +http://github.com/digitalbazaar/php-json-ld +