[...] > There are technical reasons (to do with identity substitution on > datatype names) why it is unworkable to have a 'special' datatype > which violates the structural assumptions of the datatyping model, > and it is not feasible or desireable to include lang tags in the > datatyping model. So *if* we treat XML literals as being typed by an > XML datatype, it is infeasible to include lang tags as part of the > literal structure. They could be included as part of the XML literal > string itself, by requiring all such literals to have a special > rdf-wrapper onto which the lang tag can be attached by normal XML > conventions; but then of course the actual XML literal string no > longer looks like the XML fragment included in the RDF/XML document. > But on the other hand, from view X, I guess that would just be an > implementation detail. I agree with that summary. -- Jos De Roo, AGFA http://www.agfa.com/w3c/jdroo/Received on Thursday, 3 July 2003 16:19:30 EDT
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