- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 17:56:28 -0500
- To: www-rdf-interest@w3.org, melnik@db.stanford.edu
I'm looking over recent RDF developments, and I wanted to find the namespace names of some of the various RDF syntax proposals out there so I could do a little XSLT hacking on them... I just noticed the following: [[[ <!ENTITY rdf 'http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#'> <!ELEMENT section ANY> <!ATTLIST section rdf:instance CDATA ""> ]]] -- http://www-db.stanford.edu/~melnik/rdf/examples/text.xml.rdf Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:17:04 GMT That's inconsistent with the intended use of the namespace name http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns# So... like... Hey, You Kids, Get Off My Lawn! -- http://www.goddamn.com/content/lawn.cfm This is like the U.S. saying A centimeter isn't really 1/2.54th of an inch; it's 1/4 of an inch. What right does the U.S. have to say what a centimeter is? If you want to make up new RDF namespaces, go for it! But make up a new name for it, OK? That way, we can write XSLT code (among other things) that deals with the new dialects and the old dialects, and doesn't get them confused. If you want one that starts with http://www.w3.org/2000/ , just ask; maybe we'll give you one. There are plenty of URIs out there; crunch all you want; we'll make more. If you're in a pinch, send yourself a mail message, and use its message-id to make a mid URI. (see http://www.w3.org/Addressing/schemes#mid). There's enough confusion about the RDF syntax without the active developers spreading inconsistent info about the use of the namespace name http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns# no? -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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