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RE: rdfs:StringLiteral vs xsd:string

From: Patrick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:50:16 +0300
To: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org, "ext Jeremy Carroll" <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>, Patr ick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
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_____________Original message ____________
Subject:	RE: rdfs:StringLiteral vs xsd:string
Sender:	ext Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Date:		Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:36:49 +0300


> It occured to me that one likely (and I think accurate) reason why
> rdfs:StringLiteral and xsd:string are different is because the former
> only defines equality of values, not ordered comparisons as does 
> the latter. Just a thought...

order over natural lang strings is awkward cf Charmod.

	Which is why they are separate. rdfs:StringLiteral's are
	nat. lang strings but xsd:string's are not. Right?
	
	Patrick 

Jeremy
Received on Monday, 28 October 2002 05:53:12 EST

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