- From: Tom Baker <tbaker@tbaker.de>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:05:27 -0400
- To: Karen Coyle <kcoyle@kcoyle.net>
- Cc: public-xg-lld@w3.org
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 08:25:07PM -0700, Karen Coyle wrote: > Tom, I think it depends on the context, and "the" works for me in > that case. Here's the opening line of the RDF primer: > > "The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a language for > representing information about resources in the World Wide Web." > > The way it feels to me, "RDF" can stand alone but "Resource > Description Framework" needs "the" -- because you wouldn't say "such > as framework". And, no, I cannot cite any grammar rule to back this > up. I buy that; the opening sentence of the primer is a good example to follow. Undone [1]. Tom [1] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/index.php?title=Scope&action=edit&undoafter=6431&undo=6438 -- Tom Baker <tom@tombaker.org>
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