Re: RDF-ISSUE-80 (rdf:PlainLiteral): Ask OWL and RIF WGs to update the rdf:PlainLiteral spec [RDF General]

On Nov 10, 2011, at 12:13, Ivan Herman wrote:

> The problem is that both the OWL and RIF are in dormant state. What this means is that if XSD Datatypes become a standard, they will both wake up, change the references in their document, maybe handle some errors, publish an edited document, and then the groups will be closed...
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> I am not sure that what you propose is editorial only in terms of the document. If it is not, I do no think it is that simple...
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> David or Guus, it would be a good idea to contact officially the RIF and OWL WG chairs on this. Cc it to the Coordination Group...

Done.

Regards,
Dave



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> Thanks
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> Ivan
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> On Nov 10, 2011, at 18:06 , RDF Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
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>> RDF-ISSUE-80 (rdf:PlainLiteral): Ask OWL and RIF WGs to update the rdf:PlainLiteral spec [RDF General]
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>> http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/track/issues/80
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>> Raised by: Richard Cyganiak
>> On product: RDF General
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>> The ISSUE-12 and ISSUE-71 resolutions, which are now implemented in the RDF Concepts ED [1], have removed the distinction between plain and typed literals from the RDF abstract syntax.
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>> This has a major effect on the rdf:PlainLiteral spec [2]. Parts of it are now obsolete, and the rest needs updating.
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>> RDF-WG should ask OWL-WG and RIF-WG to update the document.
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>> [1] http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/rdf/raw-file/default/rdf-concepts/index.html
>> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-plain-literal/
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