- From: Graham Klyne <GK-lists@ninebynine.org>
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:55:29 +0000
- To: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
At 05:05 PM 2/12/02 +0000, Brian McBride wrote: >>>rdfms-assertion: RDF is not just a data model; an RDF statement is an >>>assertion. >>> >>>The director has an architectural requirement that we say something >>>about this. We need someone to draft some appropriate words. Any volunteers? >> >>I think the statement should be kept simple. I offered some words a >>while back: >> >>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2001Nov/0560.html >> >>[[[ >>RDF is intended to convey assertions that are meaningful to the extent that >>they may, in appropriate contexts, be used to express the terms of binding >>agreements. >>]]] > >That sounds like a volunteer. Thanks Graham. Could you identify the best >place to put this text, and bring a proposal to the WG to resolve the >issue please? I've been thinking about this, and I'm not sure which document it belongs in. Or, more to the point, I think we may be missing a document in our expected set of deliverables. We have: RDF syntax RDF model theory RDF schema RDF test cases RDF primer But, as far as I'm aware, there's no master document to pull them all together. If there were, that's where I'd suggest putting the above words -- in a prominent section all on their own, headed something like "Using RDF to express firm agreements". ... Let's suppose we agree that some kind of master document would be Good Thing. What would it look like? I think it would be a short document (maybe as little as 3-4 pages), something like this: RDF Master Specification 1. Introduction What is RDF? Overview of RDF design goals [[[include above words about assertions here]]] 2. Overview of RDF RDF graph model RDF vocabulary (use of URI-references and XML namespaces) 3. Elements of RDF specification XML syntax schema formal semantics/model theory RDF test cases (each of these would contain a short description and a citation of the corresponding specification document.) 4. References Normative - citing other RDF specification documents only? Others - background info It might also be appropriate to move the glossary from the primer to an appendix of this document. ... Another deliverable document may not be a Good Idea right now, but since you asked that's my first proposal. Otherwise, I think we might (a) include the assertion words in all of the RDF specification documents (not nice), or (b) arbitrarily pick one of the specification documents as the "lead" document and put the assertion words in its introductory sections. #g ------------------------------------------------------------ Graham Klyne Baltimore Technologies Strategic Research Content Security Group <Graham.Klyne@Baltimore.com> <http://www.mimesweeper.com> <http://www.baltimore.com> ------------------------------------------------------------
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