Some people might find the N3 serialization useful.<div><br></div><div>It simply lists the subject, predicate and object followed by a period.</div><div><br></div><div>It is somewhat easier to interpret, and can be easy to make. You can even create this with apps like FileMaker Pro.</div>
<div><br></div><div>You can then take this N3 form and convert it to RDF using online tools or standard libraries.</div><div><br></div><div>Many if not most of the triple / quad stores can read in the n3 form directly.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here is an example that links a species concept to a geographical location. (in both directions)</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"><<a href="http://sws.geonames.org/6255149/">http://sws.geonames.org/6255149/</a>> <<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#hasExpectationOf">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#hasExpectationOf</a>> <<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/iLCOZ#Species">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/iLCOZ#Species</a>> .</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"><<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/iLCOZ#Species">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/iLCOZ#Species</a>> <<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#isExpectedIn">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#isExpectedIn</a>> <<a href="http://sws.geonames.org/6255149/">http://sws.geonames.org/6255149/</a>> .</font></span></div>
</div><div><br></div><div>- Pete</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Bob Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:morris.bob@gmail.com">morris.bob@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Peter DeVries <<a href="mailto:pete.devries@gmail.com">pete.devries@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>[...]<br>
> I think part of the problem we are having is that people are not recognizing<br>
> how different RDF is from straight XML.<br>
> ...<br>
<br>
It's way worse than that. RDF is not XML at all. RDF/XML is merely a<br>
serialization of RDF It's not even the most human readable<br>
serialization. In fact it is one of the \worst/ for humans who need to<br>
figure out what triples are actually in play. It is so ubiquitous<br>
only because there are more tools that can process RDF/XML than any of<br>
the other RDF serialization syntaxes (syntices???). The persistent<br>
myth that human readability is an advantage of XML pretty much ignores<br>
all the use cases that humans have for reading something. It's about<br>
as readable as Lisp. Indeed, a Lisp loving colleague said of XML on<br>
the occasion of its first W3 recommendation : "I get it. It's Lisp<br>
with pointy brackets."<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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