[oslc-core] Need for an XML literal value type

[Steve K Speicher]

Dave <snoopdave at gmail.com> wrote on 03/18/2010 09:24:23 AM:

> I'm still a little concerned about adding XML literal as a value type
> and I'm trying to understand the pros and cons. The only justification
> that we have so far for adding an XML literal value is for storing
> XHTML data, which we need for rich text, but we can easily store XHTML
> data as a string.
> 
> What specifically do we gain by putting XHTML content in-line in our
> RDF/XML and Atom XML representations?
> 
> And conversely, what do we lose by not doing so?
> 
> Also, does putting XHTML content in-line in RDF/XML result in valid 
RDF/XML?
> 

RDF/XML allows for XML Literals as stated in 
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/#dfn-rdf-XMLLiteral
so the RDF/XML is still valid, if rdf:parseType="Literal"

So I would believe that we are using XML Literals as intended.

I think there will also be cases where we'd want CDATA property value 
types, for example HTML content(non-XML based).  Though I'm not exactly 
sure how that would be specified, other than using literal XML.

Thanks,
Steve Speicher | IBM Rational Software | (919) 254-0645

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