Re: migrating from M&S

Bill de hÓra wrote:

>>Frank Manola:
>>
>>a.  dispense with most, if not all, of P221:  not just the 
>>part that says that the language is considered part of the 
>>literal, but also the part that talks about RDF applications 
>>possibly considering language tagging in string matching and 
>>other processing.
>>
> 
> +1 for processing mandates. I can see objections to removing references
> to literals as pairs. I don't like it but as Brian sort of says, what's
> broken (other than our sensibilities)?


What's broken is what we're saying about what happens:  we ought to be 
clear about what we mean is supposed to happen, and what information is 
supposed to be present for RDF processors to handle.

  
> 
>>b.  accept that the language information is *somehow* there 
>>in the literal (although the M&S doesn't say how).  
>>Effectively, that sounds like a pair.
>>
>>[actually, maybe there's a c.:  change what we mean by "RDF
>>application")
>>
> 
> I've asked for a definition before because of this paragraph. It's a bit
> of a rathole.
> 


I believe it!

 
--Frank


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Received on Wednesday, 13 February 2002 09:20:30 UTC