Re: Issue with Jena/sparql.org and XML Literals?

Manu Sporny wrote:
> Seaborne, Andy wrote:
>> It is possible to get non-canonicalized XML literals into 
>> the data by using datatype XMLLiteral even in RDF/XML.
> 
> So this means that @datatype and @parseType don't do the same thing when
> dealing with XML Literal data.
> 
> The string in the element containing @datatype isn't modified at all.
> 
> The string in the element containing @parseType IS modified via XML
> Exclusive Canonicalization.
> 

And as I commented before, I wonder whether this is not a bug in the 
RDF/XML spec. However, this group should not spend too much time on an 
issue that is not for this group to solve...

> Ivan, the easiest thing to do at this point is for you to NOT change
> your implementation and I'll just write the SPARQL to match what your
> implementation generates.
>

Yes, that is fine.

> Although, in light of this new discovery, it makes the learning curve
> even steeper for XML Literals.
> 

:-(

Ivan

> -- manu
> 

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Received on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 07:41:20 UTC