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  • Mark Watson
    #1

    Embeding RDF in XHTML

    While converting my main web site opening page to
    XHTML yesterday, I was a little shocked to find out
    that there is no standard way to embed RDF directly
    in XHTML and still have XHTML validate.

    I saw some good ideas that involved linking, but without
    a standard, how are RDF spiders to find the RDF on the web?

    I ended up putting comment tags around my RDF (yuck!).
    At least my RDF spider peeks inside comments, but other
    people would probably miss it.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Mark

    -- Mark Watson, author and Java consultant
    -- Open content web books at www.markwatson.com
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    • Jeen Broekstra
      #2
      Re: Embeding RDF in XHTML

      Mark Watson wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > While converting my main web site opening page to
      > XHTML yesterday, I was a little shocked to find out
      > that there is no standard way to embed RDF directly
      > in XHTML and still have XHTML validate.
      >
      > I saw some good ideas that involved linking, but without
      > a standard, how are RDF spiders to find the RDF on the web?
      >
      > I ended up putting comment tags around my RDF (yuck!).
      > At least my RDF spider peeks inside comments, but other
      > people would probably miss it.
      >
      > Any ideas?[/color]

      FWIW, I tend to use seperate files for the RDF and the HTML. My
      homepage links to a seperate RDF description. It's not perfect
      either but perhaps slightly less yucky than using comment tags.

      Jeen
      --
      Jeen Broekstra http://www.cs.vu.nl/~jbroeks/

      Come quickly, I am tasting stars!
      -- Dom Perignon, upon discovering champagne.

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        • Mark Watson
          #3
          Re: Embeding RDF in XHTML

          Hello Jeen,

          I checked out your site. I see that you are a Sesame developer - Sesame
          is very cool!

          I think that I might use your approach and also my approach.

          The problem with linking to RDF is that there is no
          standard so RDF spiders can not find linked RDF.

          Thanks,
          Mark

          Jeen Broekstra <jbroeks@not4ma il.cs.vu.nl> wrote in message news:<slrnbnnjl h.5ht.jbroeks@f lits.cs.vu.nl>. ..[color=blue]
          > FWIW, I tend to use seperate files for the RDF and the HTML. My
          > homepage links to a seperate RDF description. It's not perfect
          > either but perhaps slightly less yucky than using comment tags.
          >
          > Jeen[/color]

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            • Jeen Broekstra
              #4
              Re: Embeding RDF in XHTML

              Mark Watson wrote:
              [color=blue]
              > I checked out your site. I see that you are a Sesame
              > developer - Sesame is very cool![/color]

              Heh, thanks, glad you like it.
              [color=blue]
              > I think that I might use your approach and also my approach.
              >
              > The problem with linking to RDF is that there is no standard
              > so RDF spiders can not find linked RDF.[/color]

              On a tangent: are you developing your own RDF spider or are you
              using existing software? I'm thinking about setting up an
              experiment involving spidering myself, so if you have any
              pointers I would appreciate it.

              Jeen
              --
              Jeen Broekstra http://www.cs.vu.nl/~jbroeks/

              Marriage, n.:
              The evil aye.

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                • Andy Dingley
                  #5
                  Re: Embeding RDF in XHTML

                  On 3 Oct 2003 08:30:00 GMT, Jeen Broekstra <jbroeks@not4ma il.cs.vu.nl>
                  wrote:
                  [color=blue]
                  >if you have any pointers I would appreciate it.[/color]

                  ILRT @ Bristol Uni. Libby Miller's (and many others') FOAF etc. work

                  --
                  Smert' spamionam

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