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Month: June 2012

The Science of Alien

I've been digging through some old files and papers recently, partly prompted by sorting out the loft and also various hard disks with backups of documents and photos. Amongst the papers I found this fun piece that I wrote back in 1994: A Speculative Paper on Xenomorph Biology. I wrote it whilst watching a re-run … Continue reading The Science of Alien →

Leigh Dodds Fiction, Films, Science and Technology June 29, 2012January 15, 2021 1 Minute

Principled use of RDF/XML

Everyone loves to hate RDF/XML. Indeed many have argued that RDF/XML is responsible for holding back semantic web adoption. I'm not sure that I fully agree with that (there's a lot of other issues to consider) but its certainly awkward to work with if you're trying to integrate both RDF and XML tools into your … Continue reading Principled use of RDF/XML →

Leigh Dodds Markup, Semantic Web 9 Comments June 12, 2012June 13, 2012 8 Minutes

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