- From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:04:38 +0100
- To: Graham Klyne <GK@NineByNine.org>, RDF core WG <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
Graham, You have been very busy; I'm afraid a little too busy. This outline includes rather more than I was expecting this document to contain. I was expecting a pretty unadorned spec with a lot less discursive material. The motivation for this document was to provide a home for normative material that didn't fit anywhere else. I suggest we start with the minimum that needs to be said. I attach an annotated contents list as a possible starting point. Brian * 1. Introduction * 2. RDF overview - primer o 2.1 Motivation - primer o 2.2 Design goals + 2.2.1 A simple data model + 2.2.2 Formal semantics and well-founded inference + 2.2.3 Extensible URI-based vocabulary + 2.2.4 XML-based syntax + 2.2.5 Use XML schema datatypes + 2.2.6 Anyone can say anything about anything + 2.2.7 Universal expression of ground facts - yes but that's not overview + 2.2.8 A basis for binding agrements - ditto o 2.3 Meaning of RDF documents + 2.3.1 Formal semantics + 2.3.2 Social meaning + 2.3.3 Interaction between social and formal meaning - ditto + 2.3.4 Implications of asserting RDF o 2.4 RDF concepts + 2.4.1 Graph data model + 2.4.2 URI-based vocabulary + 2.4.3 XML serialization syntax * 3. RDF specification - rdfs stuff does not belong here - rdf vocabulary does not belong here - o 3.1 URI vocabulary collections o 3.2 Graph syntax - no o 3.3 Formal semantics - no o 3.4 XML serialization syntax - no o 3.5 RDF vocabulary definitions - no + 3.5.1 RDF defined vocabulary terms - no o 3.6 RDF datatyping - no o 3.7 MIME content type registration - no o 3.8 Test cases - no o 3.9 Primer * 4. Graph syntax - no o 4.1 Reserved URIs in graph syntax * 5. RDF vocabulary informal semantics * 6. Additional technical considerations o 6.1 Internationalization o 6.2 Character normalization o 6.3 Conformance - primer o 6.4 RDF in HTML * 7. Acknowledgments no need for previous WG members * 8. References - rather too long and grandiose. o 6.1 Normative References o 6.2 Informational References At 16:31 21/06/2002 +0100, Graham Klyne wrote: >A first cut (dated 21-June) of the document is at: > > http://www.ninebynine.org/wip/RDF-basics/Current/Overview.htm > >This version has some textual content, but that is under active review, >and the document is being offered at this time mainly for consideration of >the outline structure. > >#g > > >------------------- >Graham Klyne ><GK@NineByNine.org>
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