diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 1547a876..e06efc08 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -3666,14 +3666,115 @@

Using the Document Base for the Default Vocabulary

While protected terms can in general not be overridden, - there is an exception to this rule: - a property-scoped context is not affected by protection, - and can therefore override protected terms, + there are two exceptions to this rule. + The first exception is that a context is allowed to redefine a protected term + if the new definition is identical to the protected term definition + (modulo the @protected flag). + The rationale is that the new definition does not violate the protection, + as it does not change the semantics of the protected term. + This is useful for widespread term definitions, + such as aliasing @type to type, + which may occur (including in a protected form) in several contexts. +

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The second exception is that a property-scoped context + is not affected by protection, and can therefore override protected terms, either with a new term definition, or by clearing the context with "@context": null.

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- The rationale is that "plain JSON" implementations, +

The rationale is that "plain JSON" implementations, relying on a given specification, will only traverse properties defined by that specification. Scoped contexts belonging to the specified properties are part of the specification, @@ -12729,6 +12830,8 @@

Changes since JSON-LD Community Group Final Report

This allows a mechanism for documenting the content of a context using HTML.
  • A frame may also be located within an HTML document, identified using type application/ld+json;profile=http://www.w3.org/ns/json-ld#frame.
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  • Term definitions can now be protected, + to limit the ability of other contexts to override them.