- From: Phil Dawes <pdawes@users.sf.net>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:49:54 +0000
- To: "Brian Manley" <bmanley@granite.com>
- Cc: <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
Hi Brian, Brian Manley writes: > > All, > > Given the current discussion regarding RDF/XML serialization alternatives, I was wondering why there doesn't seem to be more interest in formats such as RXR, TriplesML or TriX. Each seems reasonably sane to me. Is there some flaw in these proposed formats that have prevented their adoption? > > Brian > My guess is that RDF/XML is 'good enough' for machine oriented serialization, and it's supported by all the implementations. It's really the human-oriented use of RDF/XML that causes problems (e.g. writing by hand, mapping triples in your head, aesthetics), and none of the other XML serialization syntaxes are really aimed at solving this problem. Cheers, Phil
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