Renato Iannella <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Shouldn't this document be called:
>>> An RDF/XML Encoding of Simple Dublin Core Metadata
>> I'd say no, because it does not define an RDF encoding.
> What do you mean by this?
Generally when an RDF encoding is defined, it describes a way to use certain
properties in RDF, independent of a specific XML syntax. For example, one
could say that foaf:name defined a name for a certain person. This could be
encoded in XML several different ways:
<rdf:Description>
<foaf:name>Bob</foaf:name>
</rdf:Description>
<rdf:Description foaf:name="Bob" />
<Person foaf:name="Bob" />
All of these communicate basically the same information. However, this
document merely defines a specific XML encoding of the information, which
just happens to also be valid RDF.
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