Re: Slash character in rdf:ID

 From memory... I believe the answer to your question is "no" ... that the 
syntax of an rdf:ID attribute content is restricted to that defined by XML 
namespaces for 'ncname' -- roughly, that which is allowed in an XML element 
of attribute name, excluding the colon (':') character.

#g
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At 15:16 28/02/04 +0100, Eric Jain wrote:

>Is one allowed to use slashes in an rdf:ID?
>
>   <owl:Class rdf:ID="foo/Bar"/>
>
>The intended interpretation is that "foo/Bar" is a local name, in the
>namespace defined by xml:base. I suspect that some tools may get into
>trouble when trying to describe instances without using an rdf:type
>element:
>
>   <foo/Bar rdf:ID="b1"/>

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