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Paul Prescod writes: > That statement is false. Whether you think it succeeded or failed, RDF > *was* designed with human-readability in mind. A reading of the RDF > specification will make that clear. > > "rdf additionally provides a means for publishing both > human-readable and machine-processable vocabularies designed to > encourage the reuse and extension of metadata semantics among > disparate information communities." > > "Highly condensed expressions such as this are discouraged, however, > when the RDF/XML encoding is written by hand or expected to be edited > in a plain text editor" Then I have to ask "which humans"? XML seems aimed at a much larger group, to say the least. ------------- Simon St.Laurent - SSL is my TLA http://simonstl.com may be my URI http://monasticxml.org may be my ascetic URI urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.6320 is another possibility altogether
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