[whatwg] RDFa uses CURIEs, not QNames
Elliotte Harold
elharo at metalab.unc.edu
Fri Aug 29 08:37:52 PDT 2008
Ben Adida wrote:
> It's important to note that, in our experience and in our design, the
> level of indirection is a feature, not a bug. One rarely uses a
> vocabulary for just one property.
In my experience, that level of indirection is a disaster. It is the
single most problematic part of XML as practiced. It destroyed XPointer.
It takes what should be a simple, atomic value and makes it context
dependent. I'm surprised you want to reinvent that particular mistake.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo at metalab.unc.edu
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