Re: Some excerpts from AdobeXMP SDK Documentation

At 11:09 26/09/2002 +0300, Patrick Stickler wrote:

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> >
> > Is there a way to express the entailment directly in the XMP api so we can
> > execute the test?
>
>I don't see this as a valid question.  Or at least, not one that
>provides an illuminating answer.

Oh, then my question must not have been clear.  You claim that XMP is 
untidy.  I am asking whether there is an objective test whether an API is 
tidy or not.

That is a valid question, right?


>Any API that provides for both string-based comparisions and value-based
>comparisions will both provide for and not provide for the entailment
>you suggest, presuming <b> and <d> have differing, incompatable datatypes
>(e.g. string and integer).

I think I see what you mean.  But the question remains, is there a way of 
expressing the entailment in the XMP API.


>The salient feature of the XMP API which IMO suggests a value-based bent,
>is that there are numerous access and manipulation functions which are
>intended to insulate applications from the details of lexical representation.

Ok, fine - that is the test you are applying.  Could you take a look at the 
Jena API and tell us what conclusion you reach when applying the same test.

   http://www.hpl.hp.com/semweb/javadoc/com/hp/hpl/mesa/rdf/jena/model/Statement.html

Brian