RE: XML Schema vs DAML/RDF/RDFS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Libby Miller [ mailto:Libby.Miller@bristol.ac.uk
<mailto:Libby.Miller@bristol.ac.uk> ]

> it's largely a matter of absence of tools, both in terms of
> functionality (especially substring matching) and in terms of ease of
> use (or lack of).

<guha-style shameless plug ;-)>
Agree - see here
<http://www.quizxml.com/people/JohnDavies/papers/QuizRDFWWW2002.pdf> for an
initial report on an attempt to build an RDF-aware search engine.
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> The other issue is a lack of a compelling reason for use.
Development of the "right" tools should make the case for bothering to
annotate data with RDF stronger. Tools are needed on both the RDF-creation
and RDF-access side.



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