Re: compact syntax

[Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus@gmail.com>]

Lars Oppermann wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> Apropos compact syntax... Although I am currently not really fluent at 
> it - because we use the xml syntax in our spec - It may actually be 
> worth considering migrating the spec to use the compact syntax, as it is 
> indeed much more palatable. I don't think that this would impact our 
> nice automatic extraction process, which allows us to have a common 
> document for the schema and the specification text. After all, 
> converting between the two representations is an isomorphism.
> 
> What do others think about this?

Lars -- this raises a related question. If we favor easy-to-read compact 
syntaxes for the spec, does that mean we can/should use N3 rather than 
RDF/XML for the OWL fragments we include in ODF 1.2?

Bruce