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toni.uusitalo@l... (Toni Uusitalo) writes: >I'm not saying RDF hasn't got a future since I'm not really >using/understanding it fully yet but isn't the syntax just too liberal? People who use RDF primarily generally seem unconcerned about this, I think because they tend to stay away from syntax and expect programs to handle it. Syntax variations (even ones like prefixed vs. unprefixed attributes) aren't a big problem if you aren't concerned about syntax. People who use XML primarily often find that this is a giant hassle. My own FOAF-in-XML XSLT work[1] has some strange-looking bits as a result, and will probably get thornier if and when I get to updating it. Looking beyond this particular issue, there are a lot of issues that emerge as you represent graphs (RDF) with trees (XML). A lot of the presentations at Extreme Markup this year explored ways to work with and around these complications. I've made myself something of a nuisance on the subject, I'm afraid, but I have provoked some interesting response[2], at least. [1] - http://simonstl.com/projects/foaf-xml/ [2] - http://rdf.burningbird.net/archives/001862.htm
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