- From: Arnold deVos <adv@langdale.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:56:49 +1100
- To: "Renato Iannella" <renato@dstc.edu.au>, "Ken Laskey" <kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com>, <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
----- Original Message ----- From: Renato Iannella <renato@dstc.edu.au> [...snip...] > > 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? I would have said neither. You might describe books with RDF. RDF-schema would only come into play if you wanted to describe your description. But if the question is: "Do I use RDF or XML to describe books?", then some of the tradeoffs that occur to me are: RDF: syntax already done, only need a book description data model. Can base this on Dublin Core. XML: must invent a book description syntax. RDF: can distribute book information among many RDF documents, can make second-order statements. XML: these features may or may not be allowed of your book description syntax. RDF: difficult to use with XSL. Maybe the syntax is not very attractive. XML: can use with XSL (and CSS). Make the syntax as nice as you like. - Arnold --- Arnold deVos Langdale Consultants adv@langdale.com.au
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