- From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 20:06:40 +0000
- To: Aaron Swartz <me@aaronsw.com>
- Cc: RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
At 13:11 28/10/2002 -0600, Aaron Swartz wrote: >>[[The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a language for representing >>information in the Web.]] > >I hate to nitpick, but this isn't really true. RDF isn't a language, it's >a framework. I knew raising this was a bad idea when I did it. Let me make the following points: 1) We have more important things to worry about than this, so lets not spend too much energy on it. 2) RDF is effectively defined by its abstract syntax and a model theory therefore it is a language, or close enough for an introductory sentence. 3) If we are into "my text is better than yours" and arguments over style, I don't think I've got the energy. I've suggested it would be good to have a common one sentence "RDF is ...". I've made a suggestion. Hopefully we can at least all agree its not a data model. If any editor feels that his text is sufficiently better that it justifies being different then just go ahead. Brian
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