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  • RDF/YAML (Score:1)

    by schuyler (1715) on 2003.10.07 13:40 (#24702) Homepage
    First off, XML isn't the only possible serialization of RDF. Second, and more importantly, I think it's reasonable for CPAN metadata to be stored/provided as YAML... so long as it can be unambigiously mapped to RDF for those applications that need/want it.
    • I would argue that the world that uses XML/RDF is larger than the world that uses YAML. I have no statistics to back this up, it is just a gut feel. Safety in numbers is not really a good argument, but I guess the main thing that the data is *available* (thanks Acme) than what format it is in.
    • Actually, I'd argue with equal conviction that CPAN Metadata should be canonically stored in N3.

      My cat would argue even more strongly that we should design a database schema and shove all the data into {SQLite|MySQL|PostgreSQL}. Even Cats can understand third normal form. ;-)

      The one thing we really need is to agree on the triples and the meaning of the assertions that describe CPAN metadata. Everything else is just syntax. Mapping from one syntax or another (or deeming one syntax "preferred") is an e

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