It is interesting to see the XML-haters want to abandoned RDF/XML. IF you do not like it then do not use it. But remmber that there is not an RDF serialization that can fully accomplish structural integrity like XML Schema. RDF/XML gives us the ability to mix both in one structurally and semantically complete document.
On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:52 PM, John Walker <john.wal...@semaku.com> wrote: > Hi Martynas, > > Indeed abandoning XML based serialisations would be foolish IMHO. > > Both RDF/XML and TriX can be extremely useful in certain circumstances. > > John > > On 3 Sep 2015, at 19:53, Martynas Jusevičius <marty...@graphity.org> > wrote: > > > With due respect, I think it would be foolish to burn the bridges to > > XML. The XML standards and infrastructure are very well developed, > > much more so than JSON-LD's. We use XSLT extensively on RDF/XML. > > > > Martynas > > graphityhq.com > > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 8:03 PM, David Booth <da...@dbooth.org> wrote: > >> Side note: RDF/XML was the first RDF serialization standardized, over 15 > >> years ago, at a time when XML was all the buzz. Since then other > >> serializations have been standardized that are far more human friendly > to > >> read and write, and easier for programmers to use, such as Turtle and > >> JSON-LD. > >> > >> However, even beyond ease of use, one of the biggest problems with > RDF/XML > >> that I and others have seen over the years is that it misleads people > into > >> thinking that RDF is a dialect of XML, and it is not. I'm sure this > >> misconception was reinforced by the unfortunate depiction of XML in the > >> foundation of the (now infamous) semantic web layer cake of 2001, which > in > >> hindsight is just plain wrong: > >> http://www.w3.org/2001/09/06-ecdl/slide17-0.html > >> (Admittedly JSON-LD may run a similar risk, but I think that risk is > >> mitigated now by the fact that RDF is already more established in its > own > >> right.) > >> > >> I encourage all RDF publishers to use one of the other standard RDF > formats > >> such as Turtle or JSON-LD. All commonly used RDF tools now support > Turtle, > >> and many or most already support JSON-LD. > >> > >> RDF/XML is not officially deprecated, but I personally hope that in the > next > >> round of RDF updates, we will quietly thank RDF/XML for its faithful > service > >> and mark it as deprecated. > >> > >> David Booth > >> > > > > -- ============================================ Timothy Cook LinkedIn Profile:http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothywaynecook MLHIM http://www.mlhim.org