- From: Graham Klyne <GK@NineByNine.org>
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:10:14 +0100
- To: RDF core WG <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>, Patrick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
I'd like to offer the following proposal for the RDF datatyping abstract. The key points I'm aiming for here are: 1. intro to RDF, importance for application information exchange 2. interpretation of literal strings in RDF 3. datatyping builds upon the RDF model theory I think any more, or attempt at explanation here, is distracting and unhelpful. ----- [[ The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a language for representing information in the World Wide Web, with a particular goal of meaningful data exchange between applications. RDF uses URI-references and literal strings to denote things described; interpretation of URIs is covered by the RDF Model Theory. This memo describes a framework for use and interpretation of literal strings in RDF, by reference to a concept of well known "datatypes", which map strings to values. It builds upon the semantic framework described in the RDF Model Theory. ]] #g ------------------- Graham Klyne <GK@NineByNine.org>
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