Re: Issue with the result set format

On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 05:09:28PM +0000, Seaborne, Andy muttered something about:
> 
> This is RDF :-) it may not always be a URI.  Only a property has that feature. 
> Anything else would imply some higher level constraint, including not a bNode.

Of course it may not always be a URI. In the cases where it is, I was
wondering whether it would be good to know that.

> > Schema support is overrated, IMO. Especially in such a simple format.
> 
> Could you say more as to why it is overrated?

Well, as I understand it, the 'best practices' advice from the XML developer
community is that XML schema validation is often unnecessary, sometimes
doesn't do what people really need to do, and is usually a small part of a
larger set of problems.

Personally, I think the onus should be on form2 supporters to say what
validation offers in this case.

> Schema validation is something people do so that is a reason for form 2.

Eh, it's not a very good reason. 

> needs to be a counter argument for format 1 where it is, by design, not XML 
> Schema-able.  (The same debate has been had about RDF/XML.)

I thought we'd already judged there to be more support for the schema-less
version in this WG than for the schema-able version?

I don't want to argue about who bears the burden of proof here; I'd be happy
to standardize both forms. But, frankly, your having asked some folks at HP
doesn't convince me. ;>

Kendall
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Received on Friday, 26 November 2004 21:09:19 UTC