You did not make very user-friendly pages, did you? They are full of acronyms nobody understands.
Sorry about this. This 1st version if for those who have read through the following specifications or are ready to read them through before using SiRPAC.
So what is SiRPAC really for?
It is a reference implementation of an RDF parser which does a compilation process from XML encoding syntax to the triples of the underlying data model.
What is the level of support available for SiRPAC?
SiRPAC has been implemented at the World Wide Web Consortium within the W3C-LA project. The author will continue supporting the program at least until the end of the contract period i.e. until beginning of 1999.
The command line interface looks nice but can I use SiRPAC embedded in my own Java applications/applets?
Yes you can. You must study what the main() method does in SiRPAC and do the same initiation from your own application. You may also wish to suppress the printing of triples to standard output by commenting out the corresponding line from SiRPAC (printTriples (System.out);).
What can I do with the triples?
For example, you can feed it into your favorite logic programming environment to run queries with them.
Are there any user-friendly applications of SiRPAC?
Yes, there is one written by the author of SiRPAC which is running at http://jigsaw.w3.org:8000/description which is an interactive compilation service with an additional Java applet that allows one to browse through the RDF data model.
Can I do the round trip to the other direction i.e. from triples to RDF/XML encoding?
Not with SiRPAC.