- From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 16:20:09 +0000
- To: lee.jonas@cakehouse.co.uk
- CC: www-rdf-comments@w3.org
Lee, In http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/2001Apr/0374.html you raised an issue with the RDF Model and Syntax spec which was recorded in http://www.w3.org/2000/03/rdf-tracking/#rdfms-validating-embedded-rdf as Summary: RDF has an "open grammar, which is harder to validate simply (and nigh on impossible to do properly with DTDs). - Syntax validation within the context of RDF embedded in other XML grammars would be easier if the RDF syntax were only of the 'Fixed-Schema' variety, see [http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-interest/2001Apr/0346.html ]. Currently, the propertyElt construct, and abbreviated forms of RDF are of the 'Schema-follows-data' variety. On 9th November 2001, as recorded in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2001Nov/0294.html the RDFCore WG resolved The WG resolves to postpone rdfms-validating-embedded-rdf for later consideration on the grounds that it is out of scope of its current charter to change the current RDF/XML syntax to the extent necessary to address it. Hopefully a future WG with a more relaxed charter will be empowered to make more radical changes to the RDF syntax. Please reply to this message, copying www-rdf-comments@w3.org indicating whether this is an acceptable decision. Brian McBride RDFCore co-chair
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