Re: Cambridge Communique

--On 11/11/99 10:48 AM -0500 Ken Laskey wrote:

> Here is another opinion of the relationship.  Imagine an XML Schema 
> that defines the "hard" metadata for a book, e.g. author, title, 
> ISBN.  These are immutable properties of the book.  Now, the New York 
> Times does a review of the book which creates "assertions" which are 
> not hard facts but still related information.  The connection of 
> these assertions to the book would be through RDF.  RDF might also be 
> used by various booksellers to make assertions about the price they 
> are individually charging or possibly special offers about the book.

I think this highlights the possible confusion between XML and RDF
Schemas. If I want to describe my Books - should I use XML or RDF
Schema? Or Both? If I choose one over the other, what would I be
"missing" out on?

This is what (personally) I would have preferred to see out of
the "Cambridge Communique". 


Cheers... Renato
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