Re: GRDDL and XHTML+RDFa 1.1

On Feb 15, 2011, at 24:32 , Toby Inkster wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:39:35 -0600
> Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com> wrote:
> 
>> <p>The XML Namespace document associated with the
>> XHTML Family of markup languages uses the
>> mechanism for transforming XHTML+RDFa documents into
>> RDF as defined by [[GRDDL]].
> 
> Presumably by "RDF" it means "RDF/XML". After all, XHTML+RDFa is
> already RDF.
> 
> Will this still work in RDFa 1.1? Our profile feature in particular
> seems like it requires capabilities beyond what most XSLT
> implementations can offer.


Worse. I am not even sure I understand the goal of the original remark we inherited! Adding an explicit profile (instead of using an implicit one) does not provide any automatism for a GRDDL processor. (Note that the _this_ profile does not include any RDFa specific instructions.)

I really wonder whether this remark should not be removed altogether. If we have an RDFa+XHTML document, why would one want to use GRDDL to transform it into RDF/XML in the first place? This is just a superfluous remark for the reader that causes more confusion (eg, harm) than good. I presume it is informative, ie, can be removed without any further ado.

Ivan

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