- From: Richard Cyganiak <richard.cyganiak@deri.org>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 15:04:40 +0100
- To: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Cc: RDFa WG <public-rdfa-wg@w3.org>
Hi Manu, On 3 Oct 2010, at 23:17, Manu Sporny wrote: > Just to clarify, if the group ends up not supporting the single > property > mechanism that you describe, is that something that you can live with? > Or do you believe that it will do a great amount of harm? In other > words, how strongly do you feel about this? I think that RDFa's profile mechanism is a key element in the quest for a practical RDF deployment story. Without profiles, RDFa is at a severe disadvantage compared to Microdata. Thus, having RDFa profiles, and getting them right, is incredibly important for the future of RDF. You cannot make the RDFa profile mechanism more complex and justify it by claiming that this complexity is necessary for reasons of theoretical correctness, without showing why the simple approach is not correct. You cannot make the RDFa profile mechanism more complex and justify it by claiming that the RDF community would not accept the simple approach, without showing such resistance, and actually the opinion of the general web developer community is much more relevant to this question. So yes I do feel very strongly about this. > Are there any other "RDF Experts" that support your viewpoint? I talked this through with Henry Story when he was visiting Galway recently and he confirmed my view that this is in line with RDF Semantics. Best, Richard
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