In a personal communication, "McBride, Brian" wrote: > >From section 2.2 > > RDF also requires the XML namespace facility to precisely > associate each property with the schema that defines the > property; see Section 2.2.3., Schemas and Namespaces. > > and from sectino 2.2.3 > > Namespaces are simply a way to tie a specific use of a word in > context to the dictionary (schema) where the intended definition > is to be found. In RDF, each predicate used in a statement must > be identified with exactly one namespace, or schema. > > I had taken these imply that there is a correct namespace for a > property and that an XML serialization of a model MUST use it. So I guess I have spent to much time without re-reading the spec ! Sorry... But the implication here are quite deep : that means that any property or class MUST have the form <schema>#<id> ?? How limitative !... And then I don't see the utility of rdfs:isDefinedIn property... Pierre-Antoine --- Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur Whatever is said in Latin sounds important.Received on Friday, 28 July 2000 09:46:25 UTC
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