- From: Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 12:59:06 -0000
- To: <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
Patrick: > Ahhh... here's where it gets really interesting... > > Do we mirror this derived type definition in the RDFS defined > class hierarchy? I.e., do we need to define xsd:integer and > xsd:string as a subClassOf xxx:size, so that folks can > define values such as [ rdf:value "1"; rdf:type xsd:integer ] > for properties with a range of xxx:size? > > Or should an RDF/RDFS engine testing range constraints also > be an XML Schema data type engine able to parse and understand > native XML Schema derived type defintions? > My proposed XML Schema/RDF Schema/RDF integration is showing in the examples I sent an hour ago: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2001Nov/0198.html Basically the XML Schema sits in one file, and the RDF or RDFS refers to it in some way (e.g. using its URL or using xsi:schemaLocation). In this framework RDFS *does not* duplicate any of the mechanisms of XML Schema but merely uses them (in external XML Schema files). This is me trying to play by the charter; we might want to conclude that this is sufficiently messy that the charter should be interpreted more liberally. Jeremy
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