- From: Jim Hendler <hendler@cs.umd.edu>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 13:27:37 -0500
- To: "Jeremy Carroll" <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>, "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>, <www-webont-wg@w3.org>
At 4:57 PM +0000 12/11/01, Jeremy Carroll wrote: >Peter: >> >> 1/ Semantics >> >> 2/ Syntax >> >> 3/ Datatypes >> >> Who else is interested in doing significant work on this? >> >> > >I am involved in the RDF Core WG on both syntax and datatypes and I am happy >to contribute in these areas in WOW-G. > >On syntax I note that Jim suggested actively using N3. If we wish to do >this, we may wish to standardize N3 at the same time, since the current >specs are rather loose working documents from TBL and DanC. This could be >done similarly to how RDF Core have created n-triple. Let me be clear, I was suggesting using N3 for messages between us and as a readable alternative for examples and things. I am strictly neutral on whether it should be used in documents or not, same for n-triple as well. > >On datatypes I note that RDF COre WG are still actively considering this. >One option foor WOWG is to actively engage with RDF Core on the datatype >issue now; the other is to wait until RDF Core have determined an answer and >then to build on that. > >Jeremy -- Prof. James Hendler Director, Semantic Web and Agent Technology 301-405-2696 (phone) Maryland Information and Network Dynamics Lab 301-405-8488 (fax) University of Maryland http://www.cs.umd.edu/~hendler College Park, MD 20742
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