- From: Kjetil Kjernsmo <kjetil@kjernsmo.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:28:13 +0100
- To: semantic-web@w3.org
On Monday 18. January 2010 12:43:57 Axel Polleres wrote: > As for units: Is there any reason why rdf:value could not solve your > problem? (Although I admit that it might not be as widely used and it > would be good to give it more weight, or resp. refine and push best > practices in this direction more) Mainly that it has its complexity in the wrong places :-) (OK, I admit, I had forgotten about it, I have never seen anyone use it. Pragmatically, when something has so many use cases, yet seen very little use, it is often because its design is flawed). The unit is a property of the literal, not a property of the resource. By requiring another node, it makes it harder to query, harder to write, harder to read and harder to understand. Also, how would you formulate a conversion between units (e.g. lb to kg)? Or use derived units (e.g. watt = joule / second)? That's complexity we should tackle, not additional triples. Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo kjetil@kjernsmo.net http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/
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