Discussion
Summary
These are jotted notes saved quickly, I hope to come back Sat or Sun and clean them up. Otherwise, feel free to add more, flesh them out, whatever. -- KenMacLeod
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the phrase "RDF Tax" is most often used as a pejorative
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recognition that RDF is an anti-buzzword
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There's added concept and syntax in the RDF form
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what is the value?
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can the added concept be contained
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templates for producers
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restricted syntax representation for consumers
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what is the cost?
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producing the RDF (template, XML writer, DOM, RDF tool)
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consuming the RDF (extra effort to process, benefit to using an RDF tool)
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how much more syntax? 25% in one example
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like XML, RDF is a tool; how to use it must be understood before a decision to use or not use it is made
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RDF is a higher order data model, XML has a lower order data model
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can a style-guide be developed for XML that will make RDF transform straightforward?
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will a core XML transform be useable for extensions?
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XML to RDF
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XSLT -- direct mapping of source XML to RDF
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XR -- defines a language that can be transformed to an XSLT stylesheet
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SSR -- point to the corresponding XSLT, specific to XML-to-RDF transforms, in contrast to RDDL which is a generic relating technique
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extracting triples vs. converting to RDF/XML
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XML model techniques
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XMI
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XLink
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XML+XMLSchema+XQuery
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Related tools
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RDDL -- used for "the document" that exists at the URL of an XML Namespace, typically a human readable XHTML document with embedded links to other resources that can be used with the given XML Namespace URI.
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links