- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:45:37 -0500
- To: "xml-dev@xml.org" <xml-dev@xml.org>, www-rdf-interest@w3.org
Sergey Melnik wrote: > It has been widely recognized that the current RDF syntax is buggy and > confusing. Well, I for one think the current syntax is great. It means that almost any reasonable metadata document, provided it does not involve mixed content (which makes little sense in metadata anyhow) can be read with general-purpose RDF tools. > As a next step I'd like to have a "poorest man" RDF/XML serialization: > > <rdf> > <triple subject="[URI]" predicate="[URI]" object="[URI]"/> > <triple subject="[URI]" predicate="[URI]">[PCDATA]</triple> > ... > </rdf> It doesn't cover the whole model, though. Not to mention being ferociously verbose. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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