RDF and XML Namespaces
Jon Udell: An RSS/RDF epiphany
This was one of the most interesting articles I’ve read in a while, about the strong similarity in raison d’être between RDF and XML namespaces.
Both raise spectres of heartache and pain. RDF has already seen enough of both, though I do believe that much of this is due to the arcane syntax. The problems with XML namespaces are just beginning to become apparent, but people are starting to “realise that they do exist”:http://www.xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2038.
+Well, debate that they exist anyway! As people have pointed out, the XML Namespace feature is normative. Tim Bray offers “some clarification”:http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/08/08/NamespaceOrNot on how namespaces work.+
+Edd Dumbill thinks that “RDF filled an important space”:http://usefulinc.com/edd/blog/2003/8/8#13:13 and that we’re very near updates to the specs which will make it easier to digest.+