Issue name: 032-XMLWrapperNotNeeded

No need for XML literal wrapper

Raised by:

Paul Prescod

Raised on:

2002-11-13

Raised in message:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2002OctDec/0109.html

Target document section reference(s):

http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-rdf-concepts-20021108/#section-XMLLiteral

Status:

Postponed

Last updated:

2002-11-26

Owner:

Jeremy Carroll

Details

There is no need for the concept of a forged rdf-wrapper. Just as the
integer 5 does not have to be "wrapped" to be a value, the nodeset
corresponding to an XML literal should not have to be wrapped. It is
just a value. Or else you could think of them as graph nodes with
identity. Either model is better than forging a string context for data
that is necessarily already parsed by the time it is interpreted.

History

2002-11-13: Raised

See: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2002OctDec/0109.html

The XML literal wrapper is not needed.

2002-11-18: Response

See: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2002OctDec/0129.html

Comment may be true, but if so help is needed to find more appropriate solution.

2002-11-18: NewInput

See: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2002OctDec/0131.html

Further input following Jeremy's response, indicating that the current approach is problematic from an XML perspective.

2002-11-26: Postponed

See: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-rdf-concepts-20021108/#section-XMLLiteral

This is ugly, but not a fatal flaw. This may be an issue for the WG to reconsider later.