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Re: RDF [was: Proposed changes]

From: Thomas B. Passin <tpassin@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 11:42:54 -0500
Message-ID: <3F9BF98E.9040802@comcast.net>
To: Www-Rdf-Interest <www-rdf-interest@w3.org> 

Libby Miller wrote:
> 
> ... There is no real distinction between metadata and data. The association
> of RDF and the term 'metadata' seems to be something to do with intial
> uses of RDF for Dublin Core (data about documents). 

It probably has something to do with the original 1999 Model and Syntax 
Rec itself -

"Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a foundation for processing 
metadata;"

Cheers,

Tom P
Received on Sunday, 26 October 2003 11:41:12 GMT

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