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Just looking through the RDDL spec today, I wonder if internationalisation
(i-eighteen-n) was considered. That is to say, I would want to be able to give
a single resource multiple names in multiple languages. Yes, I could add each
name as though it were a separate resource, but I'm sure no-one would really
want to suggest that as a serious option. I could add RDF or a topic map to the
RDDL to define the language mappings, but that would bog it down too, wouldn't
it??
Would people be agreeable to a modified RDDL spec that allows one resource to
have multiple descriptions (whether or not they are in different languages?). I
might even tentatively suggest
<!ELEMENT rddl:description (#PCDATA | %Flow.mix;)*>
<!ATTLIST rddl:description
xml:lang NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
>
<!ELEMENT rddl:resource (rddl:description)*>
<!ATTLIST rddl:resource
id ID #IMPLIED
xml:lang NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
xml:base CDATA #IMPLIED
xmlns:rddl CDATA #FIXED 'http://www.rddl.org/'
xlink:type (simple|extended|arc|locator|resource) #FIXED "simple"
xlink:arcrole CDATA #IMPLIED
xlink:role CDATA "http://www.rddl.org/#resource"
xlink:href CDATA #IMPLIED
xlink:title CDATA #IMPLIED
xlink:embed CDATA #FIXED "none"
xlink:actuate CDATA #FIXED "none"
>
I have left the "xml:lang" attribute on "rddl:resource" with the thought that it
might usefully describe the language of the resource (rather than the
description), but I rather assume that would actually be an abusive overloading
of the semantics of "xml:lang". If it is an abuse, I would remove "xml:lang"
from "rddl:resource" (in as much as it can be removed).
Cheers,
Tony.
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Anthony B. Coates
Leader of XML Architecture & Design
Chief Technology Office
Reuters Plc, London.
tony.coates@r...
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