Re: [xml-dev] RDDL/RDF - no RDF tax?

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Re: [xml-dev] RDDL/RDF - no RDF tax?
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:53:51 -0500, Jonathan Borden

> that XML makes the following assertions:
>
> <#foo> rdf:type rddl:resource .
> <#foo> rddl:nature <http://example.org/nature> .
> <#foo> rddl:nature <http://example.org/purpose> .
> <#foo> rddl:nature <http://example.org/L.dtd> .
> <#foo> rddl:prose "<p>A description of the 'L' language>"^^rdf:XMLLiteral 
> .

How does the RDF processor know that the rddl:resource is an rdf:type?
or that the rddl:prose content is an rdf:XMLLiteral?
Is there an RDF schema somewhere that asserts this?

More generally, can one use RDF schema to keep the author of an XML
document only minimally aware of the RDF underpinnings?