2009/11/24 Raphaël Troncy <Raphael.Troncy@cwi.nl> > Dear Jean-Pierre, > > > Good summary of the situation but if we consider the current scope of >> MAWG which is to map between different metadata metadata >> representations, and as I tried to explain during the call. >> > > I agree, good summary from Pierre Antoine. > > > I cannot >> see how a URI/URL will point to e.g. a complex(type) description >> within an instance based on a structured schema like tva or mpeg7 >> personTypes or organisationTypes. These instances might as a whole >> be seen a linked data via the uri/url of the file location but not >> chunks. Or are you proposing to have the Xpath added to the uri/url? >> Is this feasible? >> > > Technically, yes, you can have URI containing an XPATH expression if this > was your question. > > > Furthermore, does this really make sense? >> > > This question is more interesting, and, indeed, it would not really make > sense. Not terribly important, but did you have a look at the XPointer registry http://www.w3.org/2005/04/xpointer-schemes/ and the XPath schemes? From my understanding they are intended for creating URIs which contain XPath expressions, though not deployed really. Best, Felix > However, this is not what Pierre Antoine was suggesting as he has clarified > himself. > > > I think that what we want to do is to provide simple attributes and >> if data from complex structures have to be concatenated into >> something meaningful, then we have to define the method in the API. >> > > ... OR, through some declarative mechanisms: e.g. a SWRL/RIF rule, or a > SPARQL construct. > > > Raphaël > > -- > Raphaël Troncy > EURECOM, Multimedia Communications Department > 2229, route des Crêtes, 06560 Sophia Antipolis, France. > e-mail: raphael.troncy@eurecom.fr & raphael.troncy@gmail.com > Tel: +33 (0)4 - 9300 8242 > Fax: +33 (0)4 - 9000 8200 > Web: http://www.eurecom.fr/~troncy/ <http://www.eurecom.fr/%7Etroncy/> > >
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