Re: RDF being phased out?

neil.stansbury () redbacksystems ! com wrote:
> 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?

No, at least I haven't heard of one.

> 2. Does anyone know of any other Open Source RDF impl that might be able 
> to replace the existing XPCOM one?

RDF impl is the least thing. A savvy API? Played with that on 
http://hg.mozilla.org/users/axel_mozilla.com/index.cgi/rdf2/file/tip. 
The backend? Didn't mind too much, and it really makes sense to tune it 
to the API. An RDF/XML parsing/serialization framework? Turtle? 
Ntriples? Yet another thing.

And of course, should the templates you're used to work on that engine? 
Or at least migrate nicely?

What I'm trying to say, RDF is an almost as overloaded term as Mozilla 
is, so you should specify what you really want.

Axel