- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 08:34:28 -0500
- To: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- CC: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>, Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>, w3c-rdfcore-wg <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>, timbl <timbl@w3.org>
Brian McBride wrote: > > Dan Connolly wrote: > > [...] > > >>Doesn't this just represent a deficiency in cwm? > >> > > > > Perhaps, or perhaps it represents a deficiency in > > the design of literals. Why is it we can query > > on any other property of anything using RDF properties, > > but we can't query the language of a label using > > RDF properties? > > Yes and there are a few more like that, aren't there: > > o Why can't I query the namespace of property using properties? Actually, we do have a property for that use case: rdfs:isDefinedBy. It has to be explicitly stated, but that's the only thing that makes sense; it doesn't make sense to speak of *the* namespace of a property, in part because it doesn't make sense to speak of *the* name of a property: a property can have lots of names. > o Why can't I query the uri of resource using properties? Er... in cwm, I can. it's called log:uri. (and it gives *a* URI, not *the* URI of a resource, provided it's been told one). As TimBL explained (Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:00:37 -0400), I could enhance cwm to destructure literals similarly, but the result is extremely distasteful. > > Regardless, my request stands: > > > > | please give an > > | example (or several examples) of how RDF users use xml:lang, > > | and what software they use to process it according to > > | their expecatations? > > Why are you bringing this up again? We have been round this already. > My recollection is that we examined this issue, we looked at use cases, we found > some where the M&S spec of how to handle xml:lang was useful and we found no > major problems with it. Then please point me at the relevant test inputs and/or the software that handles these test inputs to the satisfaction of the users. -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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