Re: RDF in XHTML [was: Re: Authors describing what their URIs mean]

"Sean B. Palmer" wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know *specifically* why it is not a valid document
> > (sorry I can't seem to find that information)?
> 
> Yes, because RDF in (X)HTML does not conform to any grammar
> specifically published by the W3C as a recommendation to this date
> (unless you create a grammar yourself, a la XHTML Modularization [1]).
> 
> > There must be some way for authors to correctly descibe their
> > web documents with RDF embedded in the documents.  The
> > problem is not that this particular example fails validation, the
> > problem is how to embedd RDF in a www document
> > correctly.
> 
> Let's see... how many tools can extract RDF from HTML at the moment?
> How many can scrape it from RDDL links, or the HTML <link/> element? I
> think the answer varies between "none" and "very few". The main thing
> that is holding us all back is the lack of validation: it is simply
> next to impossible, unless you use the recent XHTML m12n
> recommendation [1]. FWIW, I published a very simple module for Dublin
> Core in XHTML ages ago [2]. Note that this might not be a valid XHTML
> Module. I'll update it if anyone really wants me to.

I'd be willing to work with someone in publishing a version of XHTML
(using the modularization framework) that included Dublin Core. Sean,
either you or someone else can take this offline to me and we can
discuss the particulars. I'll be happy to publish the results with
an ownerid of "-//doctypes.org//", so people can begin using it, and
if some standards body is interested we can perhaps write it up as a
NOTE (although my time for the prose production would be extremely
limited right now).
 
Murray

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Murray Altheim                            <mailto:altheim&#x40;eng.sun.com>
XML Technology Center
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      In the evening
      The rice leaves in the garden
      Rustle in the autumn wind
      That blows through my reed hut.  -- Minamoto no Tsunenobu

Received on Sunday, 15 April 2001 16:22:14 UTC