- From: Thomas Baker <thomas.baker@bi.fhg.de>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:48:16 +0100
- To: Mark van Assem <mark@cs.vu.nl>
- Cc: "Miles, AJ (Alistair)" <A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk>, public-esw-thes@w3.org
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 05:05:33PM +0100, Mark van Assem wrote: > >form. However, I think we should avoid giving the impression > >that this is anything similar to or as automatic as a > >file-format conversion. Lots of people think of XML and > > RDF not as different models, but as different file formats, > > so I can easily picture someone thinking they could select > > "File -> Save As: SKOS". > > I very much agree. Wouldn't the Quick Guide be a good place to make this > point explicit and save people the work of finding that out themselves? Yes, I agree this should be one of the basic messages of the Quick Guide. > It's then natural to also direct them to material that explains the > pitfalls of conversion (and how to get around them). Hmm, I was thinking the Quick Guide might not have the space to go into the description of many pitfalls. Tom -- Dr. Thomas Baker Thomas.Baker@izb.fraunhofer.de Institutszentrum Schloss Birlinghoven mobile +49-160-9664-2129 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft work +49-30-8109-9027 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany fax +49-2241-144-2352 Personal email: thbaker79@alumni.amherst.edu
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