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Re: RDF Interpretation of XML documents (was Re: [xml-d

• To: clbullar@i... ("Bullard, Claude L (Len)")
• Subject: Re: RDF Interpretation of XML documents (was Re: [xml-d
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:41:13 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: jcowan@r... ('John Cowan'), vdv@d..., xml-dev@l..., rexb@s... ('Rex Brooks')
• In-reply-to: <2C61CCE8A870D211A523080009B94E430752B82E@HQ5> from "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" at Aug 20, 2002 12:31:07 PM

"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" scripsit:

> Thanks John!  So essentially it comes down to 
> striping the XML with the RDF namespace such 
> that the RDF processor can... then do exactly what?

Record the facts in its database, or report them to its customer,
or whatever the hell it does.

> I guess I am asking about the processes an 
> RDF system would use to read and interpret the 
> XML.

The RDF syntax is flexible enough that it just reads such documents
like any other RDF.

> I can guess but a guess isn't good enough. 
> I am considering the semiote (a sign processor) 
> and thinking that the markup for that could 
> be striped with the RDF and make the data 
> available to an RDF engine without using RDF 
> per se.  That would be cool.   

Once you get into document transformation, of course anything can become
RDF.  But I was talking about existing documents that Just Work.

-- 
John Cowan                                   jcowan@r...
        "You need a change: try Canada"  "You need a change: try China"
                --fortune cookies opened by a couple that I know

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