RE: [xml-dev] Marketplace XML Vocabularies

From
Michael Kay <>
To
, 'Jim Tivy' <>
Date
2010-01-05T09:38:36
ID
<55712EBF16B6475CA25CB8763291F2DC@Sealion>
Thread
RE: [xml-dev] Marketplace XML Vocabularies
> 
> I claim that there is no intrinsic meaning in an XML 
> document, but rather that external knowledge is applied to 
> infer meaning.

I agree.
> 
> This is very different from RDF, where explicit URIs are 
> used, 

I disagree. The URI http://www.ibm.com/plans-for-new-supercomputer.xml has
no more intrinsic meaning than the tag <i>.

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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