Re: test case: is RDF/XML layered on XML?

• From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
• Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 12:32:25 +0100
• To: Dave Beckett <dave.beckett@bristol.ac.uk>
• Cc: RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
• Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020930122852.00a41dc0@0-mail-1.hpl.hp.com>

At 11:39 30/09/2002 +0100, Dave Beckett wrote:
> >>>Brian McBride said:
> >
> > This is one of many possible test cases to clarify whether RDF/XML is
> > really layered on XML, and we whether we expect standard XML processing to
> > apply:
>
>Why is this question being asked?

Thought it might make a change from tidy/untidy :)

In a recent conversation I thought it was said that there was no 
requirement that an RDF/XML processor need do 'standard' xml processing.  I 
didn't think that was the case and wanted to check.

[...]

>Yes

That is the answer I expected.


>But what exact point is this demonstrating?

In effect that you do need to run the RDF/XML through a conformant XML parser.

Brian

Received on Monday, 30 September 2002 07:35:12 UTC