RE: Now it's RDF vs Microformats

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org]
On
> Behalf Of Lee Feigenbaum
> 
> >From where I sit, it seems to be the microformats crowd that has no
> interest in being cooperative with the RDF crowd. (c.f. recent posts like
> http://ben-ward.co.uk/journal/fao-rdf/ ) In addition, there seems to be an
> implicit assumption in much of what I see from the microformat community
> that RDF is only successful if it marks content up on the Web ala RDFa or
> eRDF. I know that there is somewhat of a split even within SWEO on the
> corporate SW vs. SW-on-the-web, but to me comments like "The thing about
> RDF is that no-one has yet demonstrated any real-world reason to care
> about it" seem to beg for some SWEO intervention.
> 
> I think Danny's response is well-worth reading if you haven't already,
> though I remain personally unconvinced that the original post is
> "well-argued".

I think Danny was way too kind - the original argument doesn't stand up for
me. In fact, it demonstrates a very confused/fuzzy opinion.

Some opinions really are more equal than others - Danny's was more equal in
this case :)

Received on Saturday, 24 February 2007 00:19:46 UTC