RE: [humanmarkup-comment] [RDFCore] Items (was: HumanMarkup: Pave dWith Good Intentions)

[Manos Batsis <m.batsis@bsnet.gr>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:clbullar@ingr.com] 
 
 
> > From: Kurt Cagle [mailto:kurt@kurtcagle.net]


> >RDF is critical for creating relational mappings and 
> associations within an
> >XML framework. RDF essentially defines the concept of "about", and a
> >significant portion of what will go on in the domain of 
> HumanML essentially
> >involves correlative structures.

Exactly, but I hope more functionality will surface in future
discussions..

> 
> Relational associations can also be done with topic maps.

Absolutely, but there are less XTM people in here than RDF people...

> 
> >Schema provides a syntactical definition for structures. 
> Schema essentially
> >provides the grammar that defines valid syntaxes, and is 
> responsible for
> >cohesiveness.
> 
> Yes.

XSD is what I wanted to skip for the most part, using RDFS. In RDF,
there is no need to define a syntactical layer; you just concentrate on
the actual model you want to define.

> 
> >Transforms (XSLT) come into play as transformative 
> structures, and can be
> >seen as a way of integrating various schema structures across an RDF
> >relationship.

[...]

> >In other words, I see RDF as essentially defining two 
> resources (schemas)
> >and a "verb" that ties the two resources together; the XSLT 
> (or DOM, though
> >I think XSLT is better in this regard) then defines the 
> actions of the
> verb.

Sounds interesting but I don't get it right now (I'm at lost at work).
Could you please provide an example?

Kindest regards,

Manos