Re: vCard - Old vs. New?

Much like Renato, I also don't see the problem with multiple namespaces: 
if you take Dan's message to its logical conclusion, then everything on 
the Semantic Web should be in a single namespace. In fact, namespaces 
provide modularization, because addresses are not only relevant to 
Persons but to other entities.

Cheers,
Peter

Renato Iannella wrote:
>
> On 19 May 2009, at 19:09, Dan Brickley wrote:
>
>> But I don't want people to have to use two vocabs for saying pretty 
>> basic things.
>
> Is "foaf:myersBriggs" a pretty basic thing?
>
>> If you want an exact 1:1 representation of vCard, then the
>> vcard-in-rdf docs are your best bet. If you want any of the semi-random
>> mischief in the FOAF spec, you should also be able to mention an address
>> without needing a 2nd namespace...
>
>
> Much, is not all, of the "FOAF Basics" [1] is a repeat of vCard 
> semantics.
>
> But if you did not want a second namespace, then reusing ontologies is 
> a lost cause!
>
> I thought the Semantic Web / Linked Data was all about this ;-)
>
> Cheers...  Renato Iannella
> NICTA
>
> [1] http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/