- From: Rinke Hoekstra <hoekstra@uva.nl>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:12:00 +0100
- To: OWL Working Group WG <public-owl-wg@w3.org>
Hi all, I had a look at the minutes of the previous meeting and have a question about the discussion of xml:include as a replacement for owl:imports [1]. How would this work between ontology 'files' that use a different syntax? The xml:include element supports a rather powerful inclusion mechanism for XML(/RDF?) files using xpointers and full IRI's (including fragment identifiers), but when including a document in a different format, it can only be included in its entirety (using the parse="text" attribute). Furthermore, what does XML inclusion do when including parts of RDF/XML files? Perhaps the only way this will work is if we restrict xml:include in some way, e.g. by adopting some scheme similar to XSCD or by only allowing the 'href' attribute... seems tricky. -Rinke PS: who said "Let's deprecate owl:imports!!!!!!!!!!" ;) [1] http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/Teleconference.2007.11.14/Minutes#Ontology_elements . ----------------------------------------------- Drs. Rinke Hoekstra Email: hoekstra@uva.nl Skype: rinkehoekstra Phone: +31-20-5253499 Fax: +31-20-5253495 Web: http://www.leibnizcenter.org/users/rinke Leibniz Center for Law, Faculty of Law University of Amsterdam, PO Box 1030 1000 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands -----------------------------------------------
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