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   Re: [xml-dev] Issues with XML and Semantic Web ?

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Ronald Bourret wrote:

> I agree that the "RDF-the-idea a whole lot better than RDF the actual 
> technology." And your sample syntax is a whole lot better than RDF's 
> syntax. But I have trouble believing that RDF will go anywhere as long 
> as it depends on URIs like:
> 
>    http://www.example.com/terms/editor
> 
> Let's face it. I want to write about Bob, Bob's house, the address of 
> Bob's house, and the color of Bob's house, not:
> 
>    http://www.example.com/terms/person
>    http://www.example.com/terms/name
>    http://www.example.com/terms/house
>    http://www.example.com/terms/owner
>    http://www.example.com/terms/address
>    http://www.example.com/terms/color


Data:

@prefix dc:   <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/> .
@prefix :     <http://example.org/book/> .
@prefix ns:   <http://example.org/ns#> .

:book1  dc:title  "SPARQL Tutorial" .
:book1  ns:price  42 .
:book2  dc:title  "The Semantic Web" .
:book2  ns:price  23 .


Query :

PREFIX  dc:  <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
PREFIX  ns:  <http://example.org/ns#>
SELECT  ?title ?price
WHERE   ( ?x dc:title ?title )
         ( ?x ns:price ?price ) AND ?price < 30


Query Result:

   title 	        price
   "The Semantic Web" 	23



http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-rdf-sparql-query-20041012/

cheers
Bill




 

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