Matthew Gertner scripsit:
> What value does use of RDF add in this case?
The same value that a cable-ready TV has if you don't have cable. One
day you may get it, and then you don't have to scrap your TV and start
over. Probably none of our customers (Reuters Health's, I mean) actually
use generalized RDF tools to process the RDF we send them, but there's
nothing stopping them from doing so in the future, when or if RDF tools
become popular, or suitable for a particular problem. Giving RDF a highly
flexible syntax makes life trivially more difficult for general RDF
interpreters, but maximizes the chance that random data or metadata will
already be RDF-compliant.
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John Cowan <> http://www.reutershealth.com
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han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
