Re: parsers that don't need rdf:RDF?

> 
> >>>Bob DuCharme said:
> > 
> > I know that the W3C's "RDF Validation Service" at
> >http://www.w3.org/RDF/Validator/ and the downloadable ARP RDF
> >processor underneath it don't require RDF statements to be enclosed
> >inside of an rdf:RDF element. Are there any others that anyone can suggest? 
> 
> rdf/xml as an XML application requires the rdf:RDF document element,
> in order for it to be legal XML.

Not in RDF 1.0.

Please don't make the mistake of making rdf:RDF required in future RDF specs.

There is no reason why a document can't have one top-level top node in order 
to make the RDF even less intrusive.


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