Re: rdf:resource, reference to same-named attributes and elements in the same namespace

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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 21:26:27 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Autumn Cuellar <a.cuellar@auckland.ac.nz>
Organization: Bioengineering Research Group, University of Auckland
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Right.  Just went back to my XML Namespace spec and realized what I
really want to know is if there is a way to represent the expanded
attribute name (with namespace known) in an rdf:about attribute.  

Ta.

Autumn Cuellar wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been writing an RDF Schema for our xml language, following the
> Dublin Core's example in their "Expressing Qualified Dublin Core in
> RDF/XML" document
> (http://dublincore.org/documents/2001/11/30/dcq-rdf-xml).  My problem
> concerns, well, namespaces, really.  The xml language I'm coding into
> RDFS has certain attributes that have the same name as an element.  For
> instance, if we have a units attribute with the value identifying units
> declared somewhere in the document, we'll declare the units with a
> <units> element.  There should be no problem with this.  An element and
> an attribute are two separate concepts.  Yet, they both occupy the same
> space in the namespace, i.e.
> http://www.example.org/example_xml_language#units.  Surely this problem
> has cropped up for others.  Suggestions for a way around it?
> 
> Thank you for your help!
> 
> --
> Autumn A. Cuellar
> Bioengineering Institute
> The University of Auckland
> New Zealand

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Autumn A. Cuellar
Bioengineering Institute
The University of Auckland
New Zealand

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