Sandro's proposal from David Booth on 2003-01-27 (www-archive@w3.org from January 2003)

From: David Booth <dbooth@w3.org>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:38:41 -0500
To: Graham Klyne <GK@ninebynine.org>
Cc: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>, www-archive@w3.org
Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030126222832.02a0b630@localhost>

Graham,

Graham Klyne wrote in 
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2003Jan/0298.html :
>My point of divergence with [Sandro's] proposal is the suggestion it 
>should be part of the RDF core, because I don't see the necessity for it 
>to be there.

For an explanation of why it needs to be in the language, see
http://www.w3.org/2002/11/dbooth-names/dbooth-names_clean.htm#EnablingViewSource

Of course, what you consider to be "the language" is a matter of 
choice.  But if it isn't in RDF Core, then it *must* be in something else 
that is effectively acting as "the language" that different writers are using.


-- 
David Booth
W3C Fellow / Hewlett-Packard
Telephone: +1.617.253.1273

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