Rename .child to .node or to .subject? #39

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1. nicola

   changed the title [-]Rename .child to .node?[/-] [+]Rename .child to .node or to .subject?[/+] on Apr 19, 2016
2. csarven commented on Apr 19, 2016

   

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   .subject is more intuitive. I currently use or hint at something like var subject = i.child(iri)
3. nicola commented on Apr 19, 2016

   

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   on Apr 19, 2016

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   cc @bergos
4. bergos commented on Apr 19, 2016

   

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   -1 for .subject

   Would be perfect if SimpleRDF would have graphs in focus, but SimpleRDF is a JSON/JS view on graph data. So let's avoid RDFish method names.

   +0.5 for .node

   Still not perfect, but closer to JSON/JS.

   Maybe if we try to find a description for this method, we find a good name:

   Creates a new SimpleRDF object/instance with a new IRI (or blank node), sharing the same context and graph. This method must be used to create new objects for deep structures in a single graph.

   .object I think lower case object isn't reserved, but still dangerous?
   .instance Looks like a getter for a singleton
   .deep/.deepObject looks a little bit strange ;-)
   .nested looks also a little bit strange ;-)
   .create
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   other ideas?
5. sylvainlb commented on Aug 29, 2016

   

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   child definitely is confusing to me. I would go for createObject or addObject, on the assumption that I really understood what it does.

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6. csarven commented on Aug 29, 2016

   

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   This is about setting a new scope whereby input value for the subject in the graph. So, along the lines of scope or objectScope might work.
7. nicola commented on Sep 6, 2016

   

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   .reset ?