- From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:44:59 -0600
- To: Libby Miller <Libby.Miller@bristol.ac.uk>
- Cc: Graham Klyne <gk@ninebynine.org>, "Sean B. Palmer" <sean@mysterylights.com>, www-rdf-rules <www-rdf-rules@w3.org>
> > I really like the idea of an RDF path syntax, because I think that it > might enable the huge community of XSLT users to get to grips with RDF > quickly without dealing with the syntax, and using the XML tools they > are used to. Not being able to use XML transformation tools with RDF > is a big issue for the speed of adoption of RDF. Norm Walsh has been > working on similar lines with RDFTwig: > > http://rdftwig.sourceforge.net/ > > though without using an Xpath syntax. FWIW, we approached the design of Versa squarely from the XPath corner. After a *lot* of experimentation we decided that a strict XPath syntax would not quite do. I still think that Versa has a lot in common with XPath conceptually , except that it's richer because of its dynamic expresson support. -- Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc. http://uche.ogbuji.net http://4Suite.org http://fourthought.com Introducing Anobind - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/08/13/py-xml.html The State of the Python-XML Art, 2003 - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/09/10/py. html XML Topic Maps by the book - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/ x-think19.html Python, Web services, and XSLT - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/libr ary/ws-pyth13/ Perspective on XML: What is this 'agility'? - http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp ?id=8004
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