- From: Sean B. Palmer <sean@mysterylights.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:52:08 +0100
- To: <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
- Cc: <swag-dev@yahoogroups.com>, <semanticweb@yahoogroups.com>
I'm pleased to announce a new proposal for a stripped down RDF-in-XML
syntax called "BSWL" or the "Basic Semantic Web Language". The
proposal is available on the Web at:-
http://purl.org/net/bswl
Briefly, the features advantages over RDF M&S are:-
* Simpler syntax - no typed or anonymous nodes, allows one to form
triples simply by nesting QNames
* Has a special syntax for referring to XML QNames
* Forces you to use xml:lang as part of the model, so it isn't lost
* Allows you to nest triples so that the subject of the former triple
becomes the object of the latter triple
* Is possible to convert back into RDF M&S, and vice versa (once RDF
Core decide what to do about anonymous nodes)
* Files using abbreviated BSWL tend to be shorter than RDF M&S
An example of a BSWL chunk is:-
<bswl:t qname="Sean">
<bswl:po qname="likes">
<bswl:o qname="TheSimpsons"/>
</bswl:po>
</bswl:t>
Which can be shortened using abbreviated BSWL into:-
<Sean>
<likes>
<TheSimpsons/>
</likes>
</Sean>
Further details are available in the proposal itself.
--
Kindest Regards,
Sean B. Palmer
@prefix : <http://webns.net/roughterms/> .
:Sean :hasHomepage <http://purl.org/net/sbp/> .
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