namespace segment

Definition

A namespace segment is a single "folder resource" identifier that extends the a mesh's namespace. The concatenation of parent identifiers yields the namespace for a node.

• Concept vs content IRI semantics: see identifier
• How relative identifiers are resolved: see intramesh identifier

Naming (recommended)

• Use camel-case (initial lowercase letter), e.g., people, myProjects
• Maybe avoid starting segment names names with an underscore (_); underscore-prefixed names are used for system segments

These are recommendations based on RDF conventions, not hard rules; sometimes projects have good reasons to diverge.

Stability

Renaming a segment probably breaks the identifier (IRI) of all contained resources. If you must rename:

• Consider redirect/tombstoning strategies and publication history — see publication
• Review impacts on inbound references; plan a weave and re-publish cycle
• see also Handling Renaming

Example

/ns/                         → https://ex.org/ns/
└── datasets/                → https://ex.org/ns/datasets/
    └── census/              → https://ex.org/ns/datasets/census/

• Each folder adds exactly one namespace segment
• Folders map directly to slash-terminated concept IRIs (see identifier)

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Children

1. system segments

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Backlinks

• semantic mesh
• Concept Summary
• mesh node
• system segments