Re: [xml-dev] RDF Interpretation of XML documents (was Re: [xml-d

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Re: [xml-dev] RDF Interpretation of XML documents (was Re: [xml-d
"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" scripsit:

> Thanks John!  So essentially it comes down to 
> striping the XML with the RDF namespace such 
> that the RDF processor can... then do exactly what?

Record the facts in its database, or report them to its customer,
or whatever the hell it does.

> I guess I am asking about the processes an 
> RDF system would use to read and interpret the 
> XML.

The RDF syntax is flexible enough that it just reads such documents
like any other RDF.

> I can guess but a guess isn't good enough. 
> I am considering the semiote (a sign processor) 
> and thinking that the markup for that could 
> be striped with the RDF and make the data 
> available to an RDF engine without using RDF 
> per se.  That would be cool.   

Once you get into document transformation, of course anything can become
RDF.  But I was talking about existing documents that Just Work.

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John Cowan                                   
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