- From: Graham Klyne <GK@ninebynine.org>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 21:36:47 +0000
- To: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
- Cc: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
At 09:21 AM 12/17/01 -0500, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote: >Also, I don't understand how the interface between RDF and applications is >considered to be outside of RDF. If you don't have a standard interface >then how can anyone consider RDF to be a standard? That's easy. Standards are about interoperability between pieces of software. RDF specifies a format for exchange of information between applications. It is quite possible for different applications to have very different interfaces to the RDF generation/parsing processes, yet still be perfectly well capable of interoperating. This is not to say that there is no value in having a standard application interface for RDF (for such would address another kind of interoperability, viz between application code and support libraries), just that a standard API is not necessary for RDF to be a standard form of information interchange. Actually, I think you had it about right when you said (if I recall correctly) that the RDF standard should define what constitutes valid entailment. #g ------------ Graham Klyne GK@NineByNine.org
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