Much like Renato, I also don't see the problem with multiple namespaces:
if you take Dan's message to its logical conclusion, then everything on
the Semantic Web should be in a single namespace. In fact, namespaces
provide modularization, because addresses are not only relevant to
Persons but to other entities.
Cheers,
Peter
Renato Iannella wrote:
On 19 May 2009, at 19:09, Dan Brickley wrote:
But I don't want people to have to use two vocabs for saying pretty
basic things.
Is "foaf:myersBriggs" a pretty basic thing?
If you want an exact 1:1 representation of vCard, then the
vcard-in-rdf docs are your best bet. If you want any of the semi-random
mischief in the FOAF spec, you should also be able to mention an address
without needing a 2nd namespace...
Much, is not all, of the "FOAF Basics" [1] is a repeat of vCard
semantics.
But if you did not want a second namespace, then reusing ontologies is
a lost cause!
I thought the Semantic Web / Linked Data was all about this ;-)
Cheers... Renato Iannella
NICTA
[1] http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/
