RE: yet another strawman, was Re: generic XML to RDF triple mappi ng

> Suppose we have arbitrary XML
> 
> <person>
>     <name type='full'>
>             <first>John</first>
>             <last>Doe</last>
>     </name>
>     <name type='nickname'>Johnny Dee</name>
> </person>
> 
> is <name> a property of the person, or is name an instance of 
> a class which has properties <first> and <last>?

That's up to the designer of the XML schema. It could be one, the other or
both. What I am suggesting is the designer of the XML schema is the one that
specifies how an instance maps to RDF triples.

James

Received on Saturday, 9 September 2000 09:32:59 UTC