On Thursday 18 March 2004 22:40, Leo Sutic wrote: > What should we drop? (Note: "drop in a backwards-compatible way" - i.e. > not abandon our users.) > > + The XML format. > > The XML format should be dropped - if we have an API to access it, it > shouldn't matter what the underlying format is.
I somewhat disagree... I am really keen on a definition that can be expressed in RDF. RDF is per definition not XML, although the most common external format is in XML, and possibly the only one accepted across the board, I would tend to believe that it is required to have a 'queryable' external 'interface' for components and services. Why should we use RDF for Meta information? Because its principle is so simple, yet powerful enough to express what we need, and interact with other tools, most notably RDF search engines. Subject Predicate Object If you know any grammar at all from school, you will know that much. Ex; ComponentInstance InstanceOf ComponentType ComponentType HasName Name ComponentType HasVersion Version ComponentType Implements ServiceInterface and so on. Fairly easy to express and discuss around as well. Niclas -- +---------//-------------------+ | http://www.bali.ac | | http://niclas.hedhman.org | +------//----------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
