{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/issues/577","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/issues/577/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/issues/577/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/issues/577/events","html_url":"https://github.com/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/issues/577","id":53482483,"number":577,"title":"Extensions: JSON-LD and JSON Schema","user":{"login":"canweriotnow","id":387693,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/387693?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/canweriotnow","html_url":"https://github.com/canweriotnow","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/canweriotnow/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/canweriotnow/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/canweriotnow/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/canweriotnow/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/canweriotnow/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/canweriotnow/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/canweriotnow/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/canweriotnow/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/canweriotnow/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/labels/major","name":"major","color":"eb6420"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/labels/patch","name":"patch","color":"009800"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":17,"created_at":"2015-01-06T05:26:07Z","updated_at":"2015-11-18T20:29:05Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I get the point of not allowing LRSs to reject statements based on non-recognized extensions, but it seems to me that this is akin to saying \"take this stuff that is (to you) useless garbage and store it because I say so.\"\r\n\r\nRequiring extensions to carry a JSON Schema would allow LRSs to determine how to utilize the information contained within and make the extension useful to any receiving LRS.\r\n\r\nYes, yes, I know, breaking change, 2.0.\r\n\r\nI think the best possible implementation would involve using JSON-LD, but that's probably its own issue."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/issues/comments/157853720","html_url":"https://github.com/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/issues/577#issuecomment-157853720","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/adlnet/xAPI-Spec/issues/577","id":157853720,"user":{"login":"fugu13","id":51579,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/51579?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/fugu13","html_url":"https://github.com/fugu13","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fugu13/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fugu13/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fugu13/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fugu13/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fugu13/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fugu13/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fugu13/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fugu13/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fugu13/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-18T20:29:05Z","updated_at":"2015-11-18T20:29:05Z","body":"Yeah, while I don't think it makes sense to include any language about using JSON-LD in extensions in xAPI at this point, since that's already entirely allowed and it wouldn't provide any non-custom semantics (though that'd be worth exploring in future versions of xAPI), JSON-LD is not just already a standard, but one seeing a lot of adoption, which a number of other standards are basing themselves on."}}