RE: RDF/XML does not support numeric terms [was: RE: 8 points for GRDDL (output other than RDF/XML?)]

Sampo,

Misha's point is that since the RDF/XML syntax relies on *QNames* to
represent URIs, and *QNames* do not allow a numeric part as the local name,
then RDF/XML does not support his schemes. It's one of the many examples of
inappropriate use of QNames in different languages, and was the whole reason
I have proposed CURIEs [1].

An initial motivation for CURIEs (which comes out of working with Misha and
the IPTC) is on my blog [2]. A more detailed explanation in the context of
discussion on the themes covered by CURIEs is in a later post to this list
[3].

Regards,

Mark


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[1] <http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/BestPractices/HTML/2005-10-21-curie>
[2]
<http://internet-apps.blogspot.com/2005/10/curies-compact-uri-syntax-semanti
c.html>
[3]
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2005Nov/0021.htm
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of 
> Sampo Syreeni
> Sent: 10 March 2006 14:34
> To: Misha Wolf
> Cc: semantic-web@w3.org; public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf@w3.org; 
> newsml-2@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: RDF/XML does not support numeric terms [was: RE: 
> 8 points for GRDDL (output other than RDF/XML?)]
> 
> 
> On 2006-03-10, Misha Wolf wrote:
> 
> > -  CUSIP (eg "037833100", ie Apple Computer)
> > -  ISBN (eg "0-321-18578-1", ie The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0)
> > -  ISSN (eg "0261-3077", ie The Guardian)
> > -  SEDOL (eg "0263494", ie BAE Systems)
> > -  Valoren (eg "1203203", ie UBS)
> 
> Many such namespaces have already been formally embedded into 
> the URN branch 
> (http://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-namespaces) of the URI 
> tree (http://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes.html), and 
> namespace registration under the info: URI scheme 
> (http://info-uri.info/) ought to be easy enough, even if the 
> info: registration hasn't yet formally gone through the RFC 
> Editor pipeline. (It has some strong backers, though.) Hence, 
> urn:ISSN:0261-3077 and urn:ISBN:0-321-18578-1 are formally 
> correct even now, and things like info:lccn/ will be in the 
> near future.
> 
> > The IPTC Subject NewsCodes [2] too are numeric (eg "15095000", ie 
> > Naginata).
> 
> I'll guess those live somewhere under
> urn:iptc:workdoc:NMA:0315:1:srs-terms .
> --
> Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy - mailto:decoy@iki.fi, 
> tel:+358-50-5756111 student/math+cs/helsinki university, 
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> 
>

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