Re: new semantics initiative

>  >>>patrick hayes said:
>
><snip amount="lots"/>
>>  (6) Does this require any changes to syntax/ test cases/ Ntriples/
>>  datatyping/ whatever?
>>  A: No.
>
>Until you had used the word 'namespace' in the bit I've cut from
>above, I would say no.  When namespace appears in the MT, I'm
>worried.
>
>I just went and checked in the MT WD, and you do use it a few more
>times than I expected.  Hmm!
>
>Patrick Stickler has said elsewhere that "namespaces are punctuation"
>which is a bit strong, but for RDF/XML that is mostly correct.  RDF
>does not have namespaces in the model (theory).

I didn't say "XML namespace", I just said "namespace" A namespace 
means a set of names. A namespace in RDF is just a set of urirefs. 
Perhaps this needs to be spelled out more carefully. If 'namespace' 
is misleading, call it a 'vocabulary' or something.

Pat
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Received on Wednesday, 12 June 2002 12:52:10 UTC