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Re: RDF for unstructured databases, RDF for axiomatic

• To: jonathan@o... (Jonathan Borden)
• Subject: Re: RDF for unstructured databases, RDF for axiomatic
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:58:57 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: danny666@v... (Danny Ayers), shelleyp@b... (Shelley Powers), uche.ogbuji@f..., xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <002701c29047$0665d550$7c674544@n...> from "Jonathan Borden" at Nov 19, 2002 10:43:43 PM

Jonathan Borden scripsit:

> There isn;t much point in discussing either of these topics further, they
> are included in RDF for legacy purposes but left *undefined*. This is a
> polite way of saying that both of the above are *useless* -- you can't even
> argue the topic, because the WD gives no meaning over which to argue -- the
> ultimate in damned by faint praise.

Umm, I think you are severely over-interpreting.  It's quite common for
a formal semantics to be incomplete, either because the omitted items
are intractable, or because they're just too annoying to specify.
That doesn't mean they aren't part of the deal.

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                John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
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