>[I was unable to read danbri's original message... but responding to >the quoted version here] > >[[ >schema n. (pl. schemata // or schemas) >1 a synopsis, outline, or diagram. >2 a proposed arrangement. >3 Logic a syllogistic figure. >4 (in Kantian philosophy) a conception of what is common to all >members of a class; a general type or essential form. >[Greek skhema -atos ‘form, figure’] >]] >-- the Concise Oxford Dictionary > >"schema" is, to my mind, a perfectly respectable generic term. I >don't think that because it's used in the phrase "XML schema" we >should be bullied out of deploying the equally reasonable term "RDF >schema". Right on. I absolutely agree. That word already had about ten technical meanings before XML was even thought of. Pat -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32501 (850)291 0667 cell phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes s.pam@ai.uwf.edu for spamReceived on Tuesday, 27 May 2003 17:21:10 EDT
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