Richard,as others have already noted on the list: we should be careful with the terminology...
- N3[1] is, in a way, more than just an RDF serialization syntax, because it includes a syntax for implications and a way of quoting. These are not standard part of RDF at present. This full version of N3 has been implemented by CWM and, afaik, by Jos de Roo (from Agfa).
- Turtle[2] is a syntactic subset of N3, and it is strictly compatible with the RDF model, ie, it does not include anything more than that. I think that, many times, when people refer to N3 they refer, in fact, to the special RDF serialization that is in Turtle
(It is worth noting that N3 includes some extra syntax for pure RDF that Turtle does not.).
So, my feeling is that your question really is: Turtle ready for prime time? And, based on the responses as well as my personal experiences, I think the answer is yes...
Ivan [1] http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/n3 [2] http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/turtle/ Richard Cyganiak wrote:
I noticed today that Tabulator actually can read N3. I didn't know this before, I thought it could only do RDF/XML. At this point it might be a good idea to encourage broader support for N3 at the client side. I blogged about this here:http://dowhatimean.net/2008/03/tabulator-does-n3Do you all think that N3 is ready for prime time? Can it replace RDF/ XML? What stops you from publishing your data in N3?Richard _______________________________________________ Linking-open-data mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/linking-open-data
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