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This specification defines an XML syntax for the Resource Description Framework (RDF) as amended and clarified by the RDF Core Working Group... The syntax is updated to be specified in terms of XML, XML Namespaces, the XML Information Set with new support for XML Base. The parts of the RDF/XML syntax are explained along with examples of how they work. The formal grammar is annotated with actions for generating the arcs that form the RDF graph as defined in the RDF Concepts and Abstract Syntax Working Draft. This is done using the N-Triples RDF Graph serializing format which enables more precise recording of the mapping in a machine processable form.
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There was a worry when it was heard that they would re-introduce, the previously deprecated, use unqualified attributes, but the way it was eventually done (http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-rdf-syntax-grammar-20021108/#eventterm-attribute-URI [w3.org]) was to allow it, but to say new documents should not use it (good old fashioned Robustness Principle). There was an amount of relief about that, though I was hoping the extra awkwardness it causes (as if RDF/XML doesn't have enough) would soon be a thing of the past. Unfortunately there's just too much code out there that uses the unqualified form.
There is a guy, however, I know in Dublin that studies all the update documents in incredible detail, so if there is a question you have on it I can email him and probably get a quick reply to you!
