Fwd: Re: What should we call RDF's ability to allow multiple models to peacefully coexist, interconnected?

Illustration attached, so that I can refer to it in my reply 
explanation.  I'll reply on the semantic-web@w3.org list.

David

-------- Original Message --------
Subject:  Re: What should we call RDF's ability to allow multiple models
to peacefully coexist, interconnected?
Date:  Fri, 7 Mar 2014 12:44:09 -0500
From:  Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
To:  David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
CC:  semantic-web <semantic-web@w3.org>



Can you explain what you mean by "RDF's ability to allow multiple data
models to peacefully coexist, interconnected, in the same data" ?

-Alan


On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:20 AM, David Booth <david@dbooth.org
<mailto:david@dbooth.org>> wrote:

     I -- and I'm sure many others -- have struggled for years trying to
     succinctly describe RDF's ability to allow multiple data models to
     peacefully coexist, interconnected, in the same data.  For data
     integration, this is a key strength of RDF that distinguishes it
     from other information representation languages such as XML.   I
     have tried various terms over the years -- most recently "schema
     promiscuous" -- but have not yet found one that I think really nails
     it, so I would love to get other people's thoughts.

     This google doc lists several candidate terms, some pros and cons,
     and allows you to indicate which ones you like best:
     http://goo.gl/zrXQgj

     Please have a look and indicate your favorite(s).  You may also add
     more ideas and comments to it.  The document can be edited by anyone
     with the URL.

     Thanks!
     David Booth