Comments on: XML and RDF http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2005/10/22/xml-and-rdf geek tools and the scholar Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:54:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: libdev » COinS-PMH and Microformats http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2005/10/22/xml-and-rdf/comment-page-1#comment-656 libdev » COinS-PMH and Microformats Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:29:03 +0000 http://netapps.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/darcusb/?p=190#comment-656 <p>[...] I recently posted here regarding standards and libraries, specifically the need for lightweight APIs/formats for use in various projects. I also mentioned an article over at darcus blog regarding light vs complex, and there is even a bet that lightweight will win over heavyweight. While that can be debated, there is definitely a place for lightweight implementations. [...]</p> [...] I recently posted here regarding standards and libraries, specifically the need for lightweight APIs/formats for use in various projects. I also mentioned an article over at darcus blog regarding light vs complex, and there is even a bet that lightweight will win over heavyweight. While that can be debated, there is definitely a place for lightweight implementations. [...]

]]> By: libdev » Standards and the OPAC/ILS http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2005/10/22/xml-and-rdf/comment-page-1#comment-655 libdev » Standards and the OPAC/ILS Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:28:30 +0000 http://netapps.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/darcusb/?p=190#comment-655 <p>[...] Recently at darcusblog there was a discussion on simple vs complex in the library data sets. To quote: Last week at the Access 2005 conference, I told a room full of mostly library people that their XML standards (I was talking about MODS and MADS in particular) are needlessly complex, inflexible, and awkward; that they were not hacker-friendly… [...]</p> [...] Recently at darcusblog there was a discussion on simple vs complex in the library data sets. To quote: Last week at the Access 2005 conference, I told a room full of mostly library people that their XML standards (I was talking about MODS and MADS in particular) are needlessly complex, inflexible, and awkward; that they were not hacker-friendly… [...]

]]> By: Bruce D'Arcus http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2005/10/22/xml-and-rdf/comment-page-1#comment-645 Bruce D'Arcus Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:56:52 +0000 http://netapps.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/darcusb/?p=190#comment-645 <p>Edd -- I didn't mean to suggest that you were "going against RDF"; just that it's clear one reason DOAP has taken off is precisely because there is a constrained syntax that works for XML people and tools.</p> Edd — I didn’t mean to suggest that you were “going against RDF”; just that it’s clear one reason DOAP has taken off is precisely because there is a constrained syntax that works for XML people and tools.

]]> By: Edd Dumbill http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2005/10/22/xml-and-rdf/comment-page-1#comment-644 Edd Dumbill Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:47:43 +0000 http://netapps.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/darcusb/?p=190#comment-644 <p>Two quick points:</p> <p>I wrote a RELAX NG schema first so I could easily author instances in Emacs nxml mode, and second to enable some simple vetting for authors who didn't want to understand RDF. I never really thought of it as going against RDF, just making it easier to use DOAP.</p> <p>Second, for binding, Jo Walsh has been working on something like this for Nodel.org. As I'm travelling right now, I don't have the references to hand, but the basic deal is that it's a layer on top of Redland/Py.</p> Two quick points:

I wrote a RELAX NG schema first so I could easily author instances in Emacs nxml mode, and second to enable some simple vetting for authors who didn’t want to understand RDF. I never really thought of it as going against RDF, just making it easier to use DOAP.

Second, for binding, Jo Walsh has been working on something like this for Nodel.org. As I’m travelling right now, I don’t have the references to hand, but the basic deal is that it’s a layer on top of Redland/Py.

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