[Patrick Stickler, Nokia/Finland, (+358 40) 801 9690, [log in to unmask]]
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From: "ext Jon Hanna" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 11 December, 2002 14:39
Subject: Re: RDF typed literals and DC encoding schemes
> > > To some extent this reopens the argument about tidy vs. untidy
> > literals in
> > > RDF.
> >
> > I hope not ;-)
>
> You are not alone :)
>
> [snip]
>
> > The typed literal "en-IE"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#language>
> > is just as globally unique an indentifier as a URI, and anywhere it
> > occurs it denotes the very same resource (datatype value).
>
> Then does this not make it "tidy"? It was my understanding that all literals
> were going to be untidy.
>
> If the answer is yes then the rest of my mail is irrelevant.
All literals are tidy. This is not my personal preference, but is what
the WG at present has decided (by narrow majority) and what is reflected
in the current drafts.
Patrick
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