On Nov 2, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Damian Steer wrote: > Jie Bao wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org> wrote: >>> So, what should W3C standardize next in the area of RDF, if >>> anything? >> >> replace (with backward compatibility assurance) the use of plain >> literals with rdf:PlainLiteral [1] - this datatype is defined in the >> RDF namespace anyway. > > Yuck! I thought the idea was to improve RDF? > That was my first reaction, but on reflection this really is a good idea. ALL literals should have a datatype. Having plain literals in RDF is a very clear example of premature optimization. So +1 to Jie. Pat > ;-) > > Damian > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayesReceived on Monday, 2 November 2009 16:45:07 GMT
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