More on literals and language

You said, in another place:

>It's the string "0000025" and the age line is goofy;
>it has to be written
>
>  John age _:i25.
>  _:i25 rdf:value "0000025".

[...]

>  _:i25 rdf:type xsd:int.

conveys the idea of:

>   an integer whose XML schema lexical representation is "0000025"

Could this also work for representing literal language values?

..

[Later -- I've just seen Sergey's "big issue" posting, but not digested it 
in detail.  Maybe this feeds that debate?]

#g


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Graham Klyne
(GK@ACM.ORG)