Re: Using entities [was Re: RDFX: My "vision" for an RDF/XML serialization, for both assertions and queries (RDF 2.0)? ]

> 
> Patrick,
> 
> In examples.rdfx, you have:
> 
> """
> <!DOCTYPE rdfx [
> <!ENTITY rdfx "voc://nokia.com/rdfx-1/">
> <!ENTITY rdf  "rdf:">
> <!ENTITY rdfs "rdf:">
> <!ENTITY xsd  "xsd:"> 
> <!ENTITY dc   "dc:"> 
> <!ENTITY foaf "foaf:"> 
> <!ENTITY ex   "ex:"> 
> 
> <!--   Please forgive the nasty abbreviated namespace URIs  ;-)   -->
> 
> ]>
> 
> <rdfx xmlns:rdf  ="&rdf;"
>       xmlns:rdfs ="&rdfs;"
>       xmlns:xsd  ="&xsd;"
>       xmlns:dc   ="&dc;"
>       xmlns:foaf ="&foaf;"
>       xmlns:ex   ="&ex;"
>       xmlns      ="&rdfx;">
> """
> 
> What's so nasty about this?  It's a pattern I've been using for a while, and I 
> think it really helps readability.

Bah.  That's what I get for posting at 2 AM while watching world cup soccer.  
Of course I completely misunderstood Patrick's comment.


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