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I should correct what I said below to draw the distinction between RDF
and RDF/XML:<br>
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<pre wrap="">One does have to maintain a consistent RDF structure because the XSLT is
a "dumb" static file, but if your RDF is being generated systematically,
it will probably have a consistent format anyway. It also means that a
human has to use "view page source" to look at the underlying RDF, but
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This should have said, "maintain a consistent XML structure ... if your
RDF/XML is being ..." since XML is just one way of serializing RDF.
However, it is <b>the </b>recommended serialization of RDF for GUID
resolution, i.e. the GUID A.S. rec 10 says "The default metadata
response format <b>should </b>be RDF serialized as XML." (emphasis in
the document), so people following the rec will be generating it. What
I was trying to get across is that there are easy ways to create
human-friendly representations. <br>
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Steve<br>
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