RE: XML Schema is untidy (was RE: type test case)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Jos De_Roo [mailto:jos.deroo.jd@belgium.agfa.com]
> Sent: 08 August, 2002 13:14
> To: Stickler Patrick (NRC/Tampere)
> Cc: Graham.Klyne@MIMEsweeper.com; Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk;
> jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com; melnik@db.stanford.edu; w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
> Subject: RE: XML Schema is untidy (was RE: type test case)
> 
> 
> [...]
> 
> -- ,
> Jos De Roo, AGFA http://www.agfa.com/w3c/jdroo/
> 
> PS
>   :jenny :heightInches float"61.25".
> is OK I think, 

It's not OK as it requires that 'float' be understood
as a native datatype of RDF.

> whereas
>   xsd:float"61.25"
> i.e.
>   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#float"61.25">
> would violate
> 

I wasn't suggesting a final syntax. That's why
I said "something like"...

Also, I suggested

   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#float>"61.25"

so "61.25" is not part of the URI.

Also, we're talking about the RDF graph syntax, not
URI syntax. So, as long as the partitioning between
the datatype URI and the lexical form is clear to
RDF, all is well.

> PS2
> terms such as float"61.25" are tidy
> i.e. I can safely intern them

They are only tidy if 'float' is a constant in RDF. Otherwise,
they are just as ambiguous as "61.25" alone.

Patrick

Received on Thursday, 8 August 2002 07:43:06 UTC