Re: Arbitrary XML documents as custom (was Xinclude word-smithing)

I believe this requirement (at least partially) is in the use cases 
document:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/NOTE-grddl-scenarios-20070406/#header_use_case

However, the first para says:
[[
This use-case uses a feature that is not, and will not be, included in 
the GRDDL Working Draft. It should be addressable in the future using 
the mechanims described in the HTTP Header Linking Draft  once that is 
accepted by the IETF as an RFC.
]]

Text that HP agreed to (or maybe even proposed) - via me.

I believe we had WG consensus that while this would have been nice, 
given the timing etc., we needed to accept that we could not meet this 
requirement.

I think that, before I joined the WG, this evolved from an original 
design possibility of allowing third party annotations to specify 
transforms. I don't claim to understand the rationale for dropping that, 
but it seems to make sense in terms of the chain of justifications, and 
chain of responsibility.

Jeremy



Ian Davis wrote:
> David,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
>> A key application of GRDDL that I am concerned about is where 
>> GRDDL is used to treat arbitrary XML documents as custom 
>> serializations of RDF.
> 
> Can you elaborate on why you believe GRDDL should support "arbitrary"
> XML documents as custom serializations of RDF?
> 
> My view is that GRDDL can support some, carefully constructed, XML
> dialects as custom serialisations, but certainly not arbitrary ones. You
> seem to be suggesting that GRDDL should support any XML dialect being a
> serialisation of the entire RDF model.
> 
> Ian
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