- From: Patrick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:13:06 +0200
- To: RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
On 2002-01-15 13:26, "ext Graham Klyne" <GK@ninebynine.org> wrote:
> Responding to the debate in www-rdf-interest...
>
> ... it occurs to me that we
> *could* allow unprefixed ID=, about= and resource= attributes, and
> others,
> within elements whose name is associated with the RDF namespace without
> creating any ambiguity.
>
> ...
>
> But I think it's important that the qualifying prefix be retained when
> these attributes are used in non-RDF elements, as when using a class
> name
> in place of rdf:Description, etc, and most property elements.
>
> Just a thought...
I like Graham's suggestion. It retains some degree of backwards
compatability while ensuring that RDF attributes always have a
non-ambigous interpretation.
Patrick
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Received on Wednesday, 16 January 2002 02:12:18 UTC