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"Mohamed Fayez" <mfayez@mail.ucf.edu> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Can "DAML +OIL" replace "XML"?
>
No.
XML is essentially a set of rules which constrain the legal characters which
might form a UNICODE string i.e. XML itself is entirely about syntax. XML
Schema datatypes layer a set of interpretations about how snippets of such
strings might be interpreted as numbers, dates etc.
DAML+OIL (now OWL) is a _language_ which describes individuals and classes
and certain logical relationships among individuals and classes. The
DAML+OIL and OWL languages are encoded in XML and systems that understand
DAML+OIL and/or OWL can transmit such class descriptions between themselves
using the XML encoding.
Jonathan
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