- From: Renato Iannella <renato@dstc.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:46:43 +1000
- To: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
--On 12/11/99 2:56 PM +1100 Arnold deVos wrote:
>> 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.
Sorry, I meant "which Schema language" would I use to represent the metadata
for my books....
> 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.
You can use Dublin Core semantics (for example) with both XML
and RDF syntaxes...
However, I'm more interested in the *functionalities* of the two Schema
languages.
Cheers... Renato
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