[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: Partyin' like it's 1999
Sergio J. Rodriguez M. wrote: > If Namespaces are in fact a disaster, then why is widely used in any XML > Vocabulary, like RDF or OWL? Because we didn't know better six years ago. Some things you only learn from brutal experience. > If these are a disaster, then the basis of the Semantic Web -OWL, RDF-, > and many other systems are in big trouble... They are in big trouble. Some of the biggest s**t in namespaces (relative namespace URIs in particular) hit the fan in the intersection between RDF and XML. Both sides retreated covered in feces and unhappy, and the problem has never really been fixed. The W3C TAG is now trying to muck out this sewer again, with only marginally more success. -- Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@m... XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published! http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian3/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596007647/cafeaulaitA/ref=nosim
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|