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John Nilsson said: |
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> All this metadata, and dependency stuff is really suitable for some web |
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> standardization. It isn't really my area, but wasn't RDF created for |
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> this kind of problems? |
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I believe that there have been discussions about using xml-based files for |
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a portage backend, but the current system of using ebuilds works, which is |
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what matters (and I'm sure theres other arguments depending how you want |
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to implement it) |
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>From http://www.w3.org/RDF/: |
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The Resource Description Framework (RDF) integrates a variety of |
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applications from library catalogs and world-wide directories to |
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syndication and aggregation of news, software, and content to personal |
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collections of music, photos, and events using XML as an interchange |
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syntax. The RDF specifications provide a lightweight ontology system to |
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support the exchange of knowledge on the Web. |
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So, perfect for RSS feeds and your media libary or playlist or whatever |
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your media player callls it, but not for something big and complex such as |
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all the ebuilds (all the ebuilds in one file seems scary and impossible |
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anyways) |
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also, maybe you can elaborate on what you mean by web standardization? |
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