- From: Booth, David (HP Software - Boston) <dbooth@hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:06:55 +0000
- To: "Stephen D. Williams" <sdw@lig.net>
- CC: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>, Damian Steer <pldms@mac.com>, Olivier Rossel <olivier.rossel@gmail.com>, Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
> On 24 Jul 2008, at 03:08, Stephen D. Williams wrote: > > > [ . . . ] I think that > > RDF is the next logical step past XML in data flexibility and > > clarity of representation. > > Especially when creating integration and database mechanisms. From > > a certain point of view, XML seems like a special case of an RDF > > equivalent representation. I agree. In particular, GRDDL permits you to view arbitrary XML as a custom serialization of RDF. This is a key concept that can enable looser coupling in SOA: http://dbooth.org/2007/rdf-and-soa/rdf-and-soa-paper.htm and in general permits one to view RDF as a lingua franca for information exchange, even if the serialization doesn't look like RDF: http://dbooth.org/2008/stc/slides.ppt David Booth, Ph.D. HP Software +1 617 629 8881 office | dbooth@hp.com http://www.hp.com/go/software Statements made herein represent the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of HP unless explicitly so stated.
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