Re: UPDATE: longer version of layering document

>As an aside, I believe that I have made my views on what changes I want to
>RDF and RDFS clear.  (For a recap, with some additions, see below.)  How
>about let's propose them to the RDF Core WG?
>Here are (most of) my proposed changes to RDF:
>1/ Move rdf:type out of the theory into the metatheory
>2/ Remove reification.
>3/ Remove containers.
>4/ Remove several syntax abbreviations.
>I want 2 and 3 removed because they don't have appropriate meaning. I want
>4 removed because it interferes with the correspondence between RDF and
>XML. I want 1 moved because it causes semantic paradoxes in more-powerful
>formalisms.

I immediately agree on 1, 3, and 4. For 2, I would recommend a layered, i.e.,
stratified approach like UML or MOF has. It is up to the working group chairs
to decide whether such an innitiative looks worth while to try.

Dieter
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