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As I understand it, RDF, in addition to being largely unowned/unmaintained code, is simply the wrong solution for the problems trying to be solved in the places it is used. RDF's relational nature allows for aggregation of multiple sources of overlapping data, but Mozilla almost always needs only flat tables for storage. See [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.platform/browse_frm/thread/8c8c1f41b9dd9dc9 this discussion] for people who can explain it better than I can. | |||
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Although I've read a lot in Mozilla about replacing RDF, I'm not really sure what motivates it. Why is it so important to replace RDF in Thunderbird?
RKentJames 2007-01-25
As I understand it, RDF, in addition to being largely unowned/unmaintained code, is simply the wrong solution for the problems trying to be solved in the places it is used. RDF's relational nature allows for aggregation of multiple sources of overlapping data, but Mozilla almost always needs only flat tables for storage. See this discussion for people who can explain it better than I can.
--jminta