- 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr Renato Iannella -> http://purl.net/net/renato Principal Research Scientist -> http://www.dstc.edu.au/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .....Computers Only Know Two Things.....
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