Re: GRDDL and OWL/XML

On 5/13/08 2:54 PM, "Harry Halpin" <hhalpin@ibiblio.org> wrote:

> The GRDDL Spec says "a *transformation property*, a function from XPath
> document nodes to RDF graphs". Yes, that's not in green. We decided to
> do rules normatively, and keep the vocabulary informative. We thought it
> would be simpler that way by avoiding "conformance vocabulary" issues -
> i.e. defining normative conformance in terms of possibly vague words
> rather than a few clear rules. However, if the rules are unclear, the
> words should informatively help.
> 
> I think it's kinda assumed the transformation property "function" can
> actually execute, although if and when the execution happens is up to
> local policy. Any other opinions on this?

My opinion: if the transformation property is not executable then we are
talking about a "GRDDL-like" mechanism, but not GRDDL itself:

"RDFXML is the root node of the XSLT result tree when TXNODE is applied to
... "

> Your argument is that the CR report specifies the function abstractly.
> I'm pretty sure the GRDDL WG was not thinking of non-executable
> functions when developing GRDDL. I would like to here other opinions of
> whether or not a GRDDL transformation has to be "executable."

See above (I believe it has to be executable or we are not talking about
GRDDL)

-- Chimezie



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