Re: unnamed datatypes in RDF/XML

On Nov 21, 2007, at 6:35 AM, Jeremy Carroll wrote:

> Alan Ruttenberg wrote:
>> I will express my distaste for their choice to use namespace  
>> prefixes inside strings exactly once.
>> -Alan
>> On Nov 20, 2007, at 6:51 AM, Jeremy Carroll wrote:
>> [snipped: revolting description of the use of namespace prefix  
>> inside attribute values, associated lossage, and workaround]
>
>
> One of the problems with OWL built on top of RDF built on top of  
> XML built on top of Unicode is that any problem with any of the  
> layers bites sooner or later.
Yes.
>
> The use of namespace prefixes inside strings is well-established,  
> e.g. in XSLT, but it causes difficulties - this is one of them.
>
> I don't think that XML Schema uses these things exactly once, but  
> then I  am not a schema expert, e.g. I never read part xml schema  
> part 1, I just read part 2.

Meant that I will express my distaste once, not that they only use  
this construct once :)

-Alan