- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@sidar.org>
- Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 01:10:04 +1000
- To: "Carlos Iglesias" <carlos.iglesias@fundacionctic.org>, public-wai-ert@w3.org
On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 18:38:08 +1000, Carlos Iglesias <carlos.iglesias@fundacionctic.org> wrote: > >> -----Mensaje original----- >> De: Charles McCathieNevile [mailto:charles@sidar.org] >> Enviado el: domingo, 03 de abril de 2005 6:21 >> Para: Carlos Iglesias; public-wai-ert@w3.org >> Asunto: Complexity >> >> RDF isn't that new (it's only been around for about 6 years >> in roughly its current form), nor terribly complex. This >> argument is similar, I think, to the argument that XHTML is >> to complex because braile translation software does not deal >> with it at all - the fact is that the small market for >> braille translation has been focussed on the much more >> complex Microsoft Word format, and their support for HTML is >> based on an understanding of HTML that is about 10 years old. > > I have never said that RDF is a new technology nor terrible complex, I > just said that it's not well known and SEEMS complex for the people. Yep. >> Shadi has often noted that there is not a lot of RDF >> expertise _in this group_ - > > So, you're saying that I'm right, because I'm sure that there's is a lot > of Evaluation and Repair tools expertise _in this group_ and, if there > is not a lot of RDF expertise, there is the best proof that RDF is not > well known. Basically, yes. It seems complex to Evaluation and Repair tool developers in this group. (There are others out there with a lot more RDF expertise, in fact). >> I have >> seen many developers simply assume that it is very very >> difficult, and thus make an ill-informed choice. > > So, again, you're saying that I'm right. RDF SEEMS complex for the > people. I am saying that it is important that we consider carefully how complex RDF actually is, and this means we have to do some work because we as a group are not particularly well placed to judge until we have some more experience. cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile Fundacion Sidar charles@sidar.org +61 409 134 136 http://www.sidar.org
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