Re: [xml-dev] What is RDF for? (Was: What are Web Services for?)

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Paul Prescod <>
To
Matthew Gertner <>
Date
2002-04-29T16:30:04Z
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Re: [xml-dev] What is RDF for? (Was: What are Web Services for?)
Matthew Gertner wrote:
> 
>...
> 
> <element which="movie/name">
>         <role>dc:Title</role>
> </element>
> 
> <element which="movie/director">
>         <role>dc:Creator</roel>
> </element>

But the movie/director is the dc:Creator *of what*? You need to build a
graph, not merely an annotated tree. If you build a graph then you are
essentially mapping into the RDF model which is what I suggested in the
message that John Cowan responded to.

Paul Prescod wrote:
> The RDF people probably have to figure out how to
> allow ANY arbitrary XML syntax to be mapped into the RDF model.

 Paul Prescod