Re: update on vCard edits and The Compromise

On 25.07.2007 06:43:45, Garret Wilson wrote:
>rdf:Seq is "simple", eh? ;) 
simpler than collections, yes

But is that still around? Still being 
officially recommended?
yes

>Frankly, rdf:Seq (with its rdf:_1, rdf:_2, etc.) 
>is a worse hack that rdf:List.
to discuss whether it's a beautiful feature will
not be rewarding, I assume. but it it does the trick, is
part of the spec, reasonably compact in rdf/xml, and works
with sparql.

>Maybe we could create properties 
>v:email1, v:email2, etc. Oh, wait---if we use v:preferredEmail we're 
>essentially doing the same thing, it's just that we lose the ability to 
>have a secondary preferred email---it's like having v:email1 without a 
>v:email2.
I don't see how that is less ugly than RDF's built-ins.

>Oh, the hacks I have to choose among! When are we just going to fix RDF? 
>Can I fix it? Please? Please? ;)
let's not turn this into another pointless thread..


Benjamin

--
Benjamin Nowack
http://bnode.org/

Received on Wednesday, 25 July 2007 16:54:27 UTC