Hi all, I understand that RDFa [1] is one of the crucial pieces of the Semantic Web and it is desirable for publishing frameworks like Exhibit to generate RDFa automatically.
Exhibit, in particular, is in the unique position of being able to address publishing needs in many domains (whereas other SW publishing frameworks focus primarily on single domains like publications or contact information). The exhibits we have seen [2] are a testimony to this claim--they show the long tail of structured data. Perhaps it is Exhibit's unique position that we can use to compare RDFa with ... microformats ... :-) Calories can be spent to make Exhibit generate RDFa. But I'm interested in knowing the story that follows: 1. Once every exhibit serves up RDFa, then what? How can a naive user benefit from that? What tools comparable to Operator for microformats [3] does RDFa have to appeal to end users? If there is no tool yet, is there any plan for them? 2. Even when there are tools for collecting RDFa and doing something with it, can those tools demonstrate, concretely through realistic sample scenarios, RDFa's superiority over microformats? On behalf of naive users, I'm very fuzzy on those two issues, so any pointer would be great! :-) Thanks, David [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-rdfa-primer/ [2] http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Exhibit/Examples [3] http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/16/microformats-part-3-introducing-operator _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
