- From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 08:45:19 +0000
- To: Art.Barstow@nokia.com, <www-rdf-comments@w3.org>
I'm sure DaveB will comment, but I believe this is normatively covered by S1 in http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-rdf-syntax-grammar-20021108/#nodeElement Brian At 09:28 06/01/2003 -0500, Art.Barstow@nokia.com wrote: >Regarding the new docs, to address a FAQ I see, please >normatively state: > >1) The following are equivalent: > > <rdf:Property rdf:about="xxx"/> > >and: > > <rdf:Description rdf:about="xxx"> > <rdf:type rdf:resource="&ns-rdf;Property"/> > </rdf:Description> > >2) The following are equivalent: > > <rdfs:Class rdf:about="xxx"/> > >and: > > <rdf:Description rdf:about="xxx"> > <rdf:type rdf:resource="&ns-rdfs:Class"/> > </rdf:Description> > >The Syntax doc kind'a skirts around this informatively [1] but >it seems to be limited to RDF (and not include RDFS/RDFV). > >Perhaps a generic, normative rule like the following would >also be useful: > > <NS:XXX rdf:about="#NNN"/> > >expands/equates to > > <rdf:Description rdf:about="#NNN"> > <rdf:type rdf:resource="&NS;XXX"/> > </rdf:Description> > >where of course '&NS;' expands to the full namespace URI >bound to the prefix 'NS:'. > >Regards, > >Art Barstow >--- > >[1] >http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-rdf-syntax-grammar-20021108/#section-Syntax-typed-nodes >
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