Re: rif:text / owl:internationalizedString

On Jul 9, 2008, at 8:11 PM, Michael Schneider wrote:

>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 6:12 AM, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>> Another alternative is to define a completely separate namespace for
>>> extra RDF stuffs, but I am not sure that is nice...
>
> What about "rdfx:"? (Analog to "javax".) This namespace would still  
> be under
> the control of the W3C, but would allow different working groups to  
> put
> stuff there, if it conceptually matches RDF(S)... or if these  
> working groups
> simply cannot settle on a winner. ;-) I assume that all three  
> parties (OWL,
> RIF, and RDF people) could pretty well live with this solution.

No.

> Now that I think about this idea, I wonder if it would have been a  
> better
> idea to put RDF reification and collections under such an "rdfx"  
> namespace,
> too...

OMG, please, please no.

Every namespace is a huge burden on authors and can cause a mess for  
tools, etc. It's amazing to me that we can stand to have the first  
two screens of a document be all abbreviation baloney when *we're a  
single organization (W3C)*!!!!!!! Good god, y'all (what is it good  
for) ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! :)

Cheers,
Bijan.

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