Re: [office-metadata] RDF/XML and XPath

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

On Feb 11, 2007, at 10:57 AM, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

> Also, Dave Beckett -- who updated the 2004 RDF/XML spec and also wrote 
> an alternative RDF XML syntax similar to TRiX -- has not come to such 
> clear-cut conclusions on syntax.

Oops, I meant to put the footnote here:

[1] See Dave Beckett's paper on comparing different syntaxes. His 
conclusion: "It has been shown that it is not trivial to make a clearly 
better syntax [then RDF/XML], that one syntax will not suit all 
purposes, and that there are both benefits and costs of pursuing 
multiple ways to write the same thing, especially when they are written 
with different audiences in mind."

Bruce