Re: same-syntax extensions to RDF

* R.V.Guha <guha@guha.com> [2004-12-30 08:46-0800]
> 
> Sandro,
> 
>    Just to set the record straight. No, RDF was not hatched 
> as just a metadata format. It was a simple data model which 
> could be used for a wide range of *instance* data. See [1]. 

Yeah, I think that's the healthiest distinction. Even fancy 
rule languages can target RDF as instance format... (though they 
might allow n-ary internally, and hence help a push for dropping of the 
binary relation constraint in any hypothetical new version of 
RDF-the-instance-format).

Dan

Received on Thursday, 30 December 2004 17:48:02 UTC