Re: rdf-text telecon agenda

From: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: rdf-text telecon agenda
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:31:19 -0500

> Hi Peter,
> 
> A little elaboration on a couple of points would be helpful
> 
>>>>
>>>>      * Pat's approach using RDF'
> 
>> Not completely the right way to go, in my view.
> 
> Can you say what the issue you see is?

Pat's proposal appears to be making a change to RDF itself, which I do
not support.

>> My last preference would be to make statements where complete compliance
>> would require all RDF applications to change.  This is what the current
>> document says.
> 
> What in the current document makes this the case?

Any language that says a particular previously-legal construct MUST NOT
appear in RDF graphs is making a demand of *all* RDF applications.  The
precise wording is 

	typed rdf:text literals MUST NOT occur explicitly in published
	RDF content ...

> Thanks,
> Alan

peter

Received on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 13:38:36 UTC