Good points. Yes TriG-like structure makes more sense -- but then it is clearly non-standard.
Isn't this a gap in RDF standardization -- an XML format for quads? On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Andy Seaborne <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/06/16 15:22, Martynas Jusevičius wrote: >> >> Hey, >> >> would it be possible to adopt RDF/XML writer for quads (Dataset)? What >> would that take? >> >> I know it would involve a non-standard syntax, but if we used >> namespaced attributes, XML-compatible tools shouldn't break. >> >> I am thinking it should be possible to add an attribute (e.g. >> rdfx:graph) with graph name on each of the property elements, >> something like this: >> >> <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/card#i";> >> <foaf:givenName >> >> rdfx:graph="https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/card";>Tim</foaf:givenName> >> <foaf:familyName >> >> rdfx:graph=http://data.semanticweb.org/person/tim-berners-lee/rdf"";>Berners-Lee</foaf:familyName> >> </rdf:Description> > > > And if a triple is in 2 graphs? The default graph? > >> >> What do you think? Would someone else be interested in such >> serialization? I know there is TriX, but it is not convenient for XSLT >> transformation. >> >> Martynas >> atomgraph.com >> > > An alternative is more TriG like : > > > <rdfx:Graph rdfx:name="..."> > .... RDF/XML here ... > </rdfx:Graph>
