Re: Last call comments from the I18N WG on RDF WDs

Dan Connolly wrote:
> 
> The working group decided that this issue a new issue,
> but to postpone it:
> 
> [[[
> add a new issue to the issue list:
> "relationship between XMLLiterals and plain literals," and postpone it.
> 
> Rationale:
> 
> The lack of semantic equivalence between XMLLiterals and plain
> literals has been clear since the first WD of RDF Concepts, and
> was arguable in RDF Model and Syntax.
> 
> The RDF Semantics does not preclude RDF applications using additional
> information to determine that two literals are equivalent, but does not
> mandate that they should be.
> 
> Hence, RDF applciations which require this equivalence may operate
> in such a mode, and so this issue is not a show stopper.
> ]]

The postponed issue can be found at:

http://www.w3.org/2000/03/rdf-tracking/#rdf-plain-and-xml-literals

Brian