- From: Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 10:50:11 +0300
- To: www-rdf-comments@w3.org, eric@w3.org, reagle@w3.org, hendler@cs.umd.edu
You earlier commented on the RDF Core Last Call working drafts, particularly on the design of XMLLiterals. This message concerns those comments, listed as: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/20030123-issues/#reagle-01 http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/20030123-issues/#reagle-02 and also http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2003JanMar/0434 "Confusion about wrapping of XMLLiteral" which did not get an issue number assigned. We have modifed the decisions reflected in our earlier reply: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2003AprJun/0021 While contemplating various last call issues RDF Core WG has simplified the design of typed literals, particularly XMLLiteral, by removing the language tag. This permits addressing: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2003JanMar/0434 "Confusion about wrapping of XMLLiteral" by simply removing the wrapper altogether. The resolution to modify the design was decided on 09th May 2003 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2003May/0138.html and reads: RESOLVED: Typed literals option 4 from msg 0086 which refers to http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2003May/0086 [[ > Option 4: > Language tag is simply dropped from all typed literals including > rdf:XMLLiteral > > PROPOSE Concepts is changed to say that a literal can have either a datatype or a language tag and not both. rdf:XMLLiteral datatype is changed to have the identity as its lexical value mapping (no wrapping), with consequential change to the value space of rdf:XMLLiteral. Other editors to make consequential changes. ]] we further clarified (20th June) that "the identity" was over-simplistic, and the value space remains a set of exclusively canonicalized XML, http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2003Jun/0156.html The new text defining XML Literal can be found in the editors draft at: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/TR/WD-rdf-concepts-20030117/#section-XMLLiteral Please note that the I18N-WG have made a comment criticizing this decision: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2003Jun/0023.html which the RDF Core has not officially yet agreed a response (although we have spent more than an hour of telecon time on it, with still a majority opposing further changes). I will update you on any further changes (well I hope not!). Please let us know, copying www-rdf-comments@w3.org if: Joe: - these changes make the previously confusing decisions acceptable - if you find these changes address http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2003JanMar/0434 "Confusion about wrapping of XMLLiteral" in an acceptable fashion Eric, WebOnt: - if we have acceptably addressed your comments: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2003JanMar/0240 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2003JanMar/0335 Jeremy
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