Re: RDF being phased out?

Axel Hecht wrote:
  > It depends. There are various different usages for RDF. Templates would
> be one, the docs for the new stuff for that are on MDC. Then the stuff 
> that mailnews does wrt to RDF in Addressbook and friends, the rip out of 
> that is part of the tb 3 design plan.
> 
> Basically, RDF is phased out, but still used all over, so we're 
> gradually moving over to not using it. That isn't really an overall 
> plan, but more of an agenda, that's happening at the pace of the 
> particular code pieces.
> 
> Axel

I have to say personally I think this is nothing short of a travesty.

Although eclectic, RDF is a superb tool for many data apps and achieves things that JSON and SQL will never be able to.

1. Is there a definitive time scale when we'll lose RDF support in Mozilla - specifically XULRUnner?
2. Does anyone know of any other Open Source RDF impl that might be able to replace the existing XPCOM one?

Cheers,

N