Re: same-syntax extensions to RDF

Sandro,

    Just to set the record straight. No, RDF was not hatched 
as just a metadata format. It was a simple data model which 
could be used for a wide range of *instance* data. See [1]. 
This infatuation with reducing everything to RDF is at best 
amusing.

guha

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-MCF-XML/

Sandro Hawke wrote:

> 
> Simpler for some applications, certainly.  RDF was hatched as a
> metadata format, however, and I'm concerned that some key metadata
> applications wont work this way.  The semantic challenges of reference
> loops come naturally with the web, whether or not we use RDF.  (This
> point is discussed more in [5] and [6].)
>