- From: Guha <guha@epinions-inc.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 18:40:36 -0700
- To: Dan Brickley <danbri@w3.org>
- CC: Ora.Lassila@nokia.com, timbl@w3.org, sw99@w3.org
I think strings with lang specifications should be treated just like we should treat something like 5kg. i.e., 5kg=11lb just as Welcome(english)=Wilkommen(german). guha Dan Brickley wrote: > If not a bug, a glitch. If you're saying that xml:lang values are > similiar to datatypes, I agree. Some literal may have a type > (eg. foo:floatPoint) and/or an xml:lang. This does clash with the model's > insistence that literals can't have properties though... > > dan > > On Thu, 6 Apr 2000 Ora.Lassila@nokia.com wrote: > > > Regarding the xml:lang, I don't think it is a bug. I always thought that it > > would be a characteristic of the string (the literal value), and since M+S > > did not really address primitive data types, it wouldn't have to be > > concerned of xml:lang either. > > > > How do we propose adding it? As a qualification of the actual property > > value? > > > > Regards, > > > > - Ora > > > > -- > > Ora Lassila, <ora.lassila@nokia.com> > > Research Manager > > Agent Technology, Nokia Research Center / Boston > > +1 (781) 993-4603 (please note new email & phone number!) > > > > > > > ---------- > > > From: EXT Tim Berners-Lee > > > Sent: Thursday, April 6, 2000 20:20 > > > To: sw99@w3.org > > > Subject: Issues list - delayed message > > > > > > (I found this in a window I had not gotten around to pressing send on) > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > > > > Danbri, > > > > > > > > > Kudos for getting going on this. > > > > > > It is good to give credit where credit is due for issued, and not always > > > jut > > > to point to the director as well! > > > > > > - XML lang not being in the model was brought up by Sergey > > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/2000Jan/0053.html > > > Thoiugh that suggests adding itto the model rather than removing it from > > > th > > > esyntax. > > > Folks,xml:lang is not represented in the RDF model according to RDF M&S > > > 1.0, > > > which is IMO a bug in the specs. > > > > > > > > > - The issue of Alt, Bag and Seq being searated out from the basic model is > > > brought up in > > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/2000Feb/0115.html for > > > example. > > > > > > > > > - Issue: need for "poorest man" serializeion > > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/2000Feb/0115.html > > > As a next step I'd like to have a "poorest man" RDF/XML > > > serialization:<rdf> > > > <triple subject="[URI]" predicate="[URI]" object="[URI]"/> > > > <triple subject="[URI]" predicate="[URI]">[PDCATA]</triple> ...</rdf> > > > > > > > > > These may not be the first occurrences. But I think all the issued I > > > pulled > > > out I pulled out of previous messages. pointers to the first raising we > > > can > > > find would be a godo idea. > > > > > > As regards state, I think we can do a broader categorization. > > > > > > - Bug fix, propose for 1.1 (ml lang, some reference issues?) > > > - Simplification (like removing PICS bits, aabouteachprefix, lang, etc). > > > Doesn't affect other features => wait to see if IG wanst tto start an > > > action > > > to do them > > > - Syntax change which can be done back-compatibly with existing syntax => > > > suggest trials with software. > > > > > > Or something like that. Then we concldue, there are only 2 bugs and there > > > is > > > a consensus for a version 1.5, but we need to work on x and y at teh IG > > > level. O > > > > > > > > > > >
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