- From: Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:55:17 +0100
- To: <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
> I think something as complex as this medium-range proposal from HP > is *crazy* at this point; we really expect users to understand > a new magic kind of file-scoped triple? Hmmm, I think you have misunderstood. There were no "magic .. triple" of any kind in the HP proposal. The only *triples* were ones that we had already agreed on with the rdf:datatype mechanism. The HP proposal is merely an alternative syntax to save typing rdf:datatype="xsd:integer" many times in the same file. That's it. At least within the HP community that participated, that was enough to satisfy those who wanted untidiness that they could live with a tidy solution. And those who wanted tidiness could accept it, because issues like API compatibility are exactly the same as for tidy - it is only the parser writers who have to do anything. Jeremy
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