Re: Embedding XHTML into RDF

From: Ross Singer <rossfsinger_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:02:21 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Simon Spero <ses_at_unc.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Ethan Gruber <ewg4xuva_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Suppose I have RDF describing an object, and I would like some
>> fairly free-form human generating description about the object (let's say
>> within <dcterms:description>). †Is it semantically acceptable to have XHTML
>> nested directly in this element or would this be considered uncouth for LOD?
>>
>
> Free-form human generating is considered uncouth except behind closed
> doors, but XML literals are explictly provided for - see
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#dfn-rdf-XMLLiteral

This does assume, however, that the object is a well-formed XML
document and not just text with markup in it (although I think Ethan's
original post implies this).

-Ross.
>
> Simon
Received on Wed Jan 11 2012 - 15:03:59 EST