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RE: RDF Question: about syntax of rdf container objects (Bag, Alt,

  • From: Walter Underwood <wunder@i...>
  • To: <xml-dev@i...>
  • Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 08:52:33 -0700

glance wunder_b
At 04:51 AM 4/8/99 -0700, Jeffrey E. Sussna wrote:
>No. RDF defines alternative syntax for particular abstract models. You may
>use whichever syntax you like. The examples you included are equivalent.
>This is part of both the flexibility and seeming difficulty at first glance
>of RDF.

It isn't a "seeming" difficulty, it is a real problem. Two syntaxes
are much, much less useful than one. Having two or more ways to say 
the same thing (zip, jar, and cab for Java) is almost always a bad
idea. The reason given for the compressed RDF syntax, "it's smaller",
is never a good enough reason. Either use the small one, use the clear 
one, or make one that is small enough and clear enough. Specs are
the wrong place to prevaricate.

wunder



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