Re: rdf in atom

[Peter Keane <pkeane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 07:00:03AM +0100, Dave Pawson wrote:
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> http://xml.coverpages.org/draft-nottingham-atomtriples-00.txt
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> AtomTriples: Embedding RDF Statements in Atom
> Mark Nottingham and Dave Beckett (eds), IETF Internet Draft
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> A version -00 Internet Draft for "AtomTriples: Embedding RDF Statements
> in Atom" has been published through the IETF process. specification
> describes AtomTriples, a set of Atom (RFC 4287) extension elements for
> embedding RDF statements in Atom documents (both element and feed),
> as well as declaring how they can be derived from existing content.
>

Regarding the subject Attribute (3.2):

Is this not simply another way to add arbitrary metadata to an
atom:link? There has been lots of discussion about that on atom-syntax,
see esp[1]. Indeed, a standard mechanism to do just that is *sorely*
needed.

Instead of using @at:subject and matching up @rel of links in the same
context, couldn't you simply allow at:md to be the child of atom:link?
(in addition to allowing it as child of atom:feed & atom:entry). Of
course, the subject would then be understood to be the containing
atom:link's @href.

--peter keane

[1] http://www.nabble.com/Atom-feed-design-for-a-variety-of-media-types-to14803802.html#a14803802 

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