- From: Sergey Melnik <melnik@db.stanford.edu>
- Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 11:06:14 -0800
- To: Mark Birbeck <Mark.Birbeck@iedigital.net>
- CC: RDF Interest Group <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
Mark Birbeck wrote: [...] > That's right. IMO, the whole point of the 'abbreviated forms' that have > been moaned about recently is so that almost any *existing* XML file can > 'become' RDF. As it happens you don't even need the RDF tag or the ID > attribute - they can be abbreviated too so you could have left my XML > alone and just said 'it is now RDF'. To remind: a couple of month ago I proposed a simplified syntax for RDF that allows *every* well-formed XML file be interpreted as a serialized RDF model. This mapping to an RDF model is however not always optimal. However, by using just a few attributes (that can be put into the DTD) it can be significantly improved. This syntax facilitates easy transition from existing XML data to RDF. You are welcome to have a look/download at http://www-db.stanford.edu/~melnik/rdf/api.html Sergey
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