Comments on: RDFa and the Shadow Web http://rdfa.info/2007/11/22/rdfa-and-the-shadow-web/ Interoperable Web Metadata Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:54:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mark Birbeck http://rdfa.info/2007/11/22/rdfa-and-the-shadow-web/#comment-9836 Mark Birbeck Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:20:53 +0000 http://rdfa.info/2007/11/22/rdfa-and-the-shadow-web/#comment-9836 Hi Ben, The reason RDFa can solve this problem is because it has <em>both</em> <code>@href</code> and <code>@resource</code>. This allows us to distinguish between relationships between documents (<code>@href</code>) and relationships between other things (<code>@resource</code>), or what is known in the trade as the distinction between information resources and other resources. (Whether there is a need for such a distinction is at the heart of Ian's comments on fragment identifiers.) It's not something that will excite anyone not interested in RDF :) but for those who are, I've looked a little at how the fact that RDFa has two attributes helps to solve the problem. The discussion is in <a href="http://internet-apps.blogspot.com/2007/11/once-more-on-information-resources-and.html" rel="nofollow">Once more on information resources and RDFa</a>. All the best, Mark -- Mark Birbeck, formsPlayer mark.birbeck@formsPlayer.com | +44 (0) 20 7689 9232 http://www.formsPlayer.com | http://internet-apps.blogspot.com standards. innovation. Hi Ben,

The reason RDFa can solve this problem is because it has both @href and @resource. This allows us to distinguish between relationships between documents (@href) and relationships between other things (@resource), or what is known in the trade as the distinction between information resources and other resources. (Whether there is a need for such a distinction is at the heart of Ian’s comments on fragment identifiers.)

It’s not something that will excite anyone not interested in RDF :) but for those who are, I’ve looked a little at how the fact that RDFa has two attributes helps to solve the problem. The discussion is in Once more on information resources and RDFa.

All the best,

Mark

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Mark Birbeck, formsPlayer

mark.birbeck@formsPlayer.com | +44 (0) 20 7689 9232
http://www.formsPlayer.com | http://internet-apps.blogspot.com

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