- From: Jonas Liljegren <jonas@paranormal.se>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 15:23:27 +0200 (CEST)
- To: Pierre-Antoine Champin <champin@bat710.univ-lyon1.fr>
- cc: RDF Intrest Group <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
> > I can't think of a good reason to allow both for a specific property. > > simplicity. As an RDF user, I would rather type > > > <dc:Author> Pierre-Antoine </dc:Author> > > than > > <dc:Author> <rdf:Seq> <rdf:li> Pierre-Antoine </rdf:li> </rdf:Seq> > </dc:Author> > > just because someone pointed out > that there MAY be more than one author ! It IS legal and ok to have repeated properties: <Description about="book"> <dc:Author>Pierre-Antoine </dc:Author> <dc:Author>Jonas</dc:Author> </Description> It's ok if the property is designed to be used either as a repeated property or with a container. The two variations are not exactly equvivalent. In your example with the Seq, you don't say that you are a author. It is the SEQUENCE that is the author. You happen to be a member of that Sequence, but that doesn't make you an author. On the other hand, in my version with the repeated properties, it is said that you are a author. That's why it's not all that bad if you have to choose how the predicate is to be used.
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