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LoadDocumentCallback isn't passed into the algorithms that use it

Open jyasskin opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld-api/#algorithm uses a LoadDocumentCallback in two places, but its interface doesn't say any such callback should be passed in.

jyasskin avatar Nov 20 '23 23:11 jyasskin

The document loader is provided as an API option, and the API options are considered to be generally accessible to the algorithms. This is described in terms of the LoadDocumentCallback which is considered a global for the algorithms, but it either uses a default implementation, or that specified from the documentLoader API option.

gkellogg avatar Nov 20 '23 23:11 gkellogg

So if another specification, like https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-integrity/#verify-proof, wants to parse JSON-LD, should it go through the API rather than the algorithms?

jyasskin avatar Nov 20 '23 23:11 jyasskin