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> >RDF and its triples is really lightweight when you have the > right tools > >to manipulate them. I like to think of them as a RDBMS whith > a variable > >geometry: each "row" (ie each subject) can have a variable number of > >columns (properties). It's like a RDBMS which you could > populate before > >having writen any schema, that's really very flexible and > it's just a > >matter of using the right tool. When I use such a tool, I have a > >feeling of RDBMS without its straitjacket :-) ... > > That's a very nice metaphor! Not wanting to steal your trade > secrets, :-) but what are examples of "the right tool" here? It also highlights the thing I haven't understood about RDF: in what way is it supposed to be different from the "binary relational" data models that have been lying around largely unimplemented for 30 years, except for academic prototypes and a few interesting niche applications in areas such as criminology? Michael Kay
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