@inproceedings{GilRatnakar02FLAIRS, title = {A Comparison of (Semantic) Markup Languages}, address = {Menlo Park, CA, USA}, author = {Yolanda Gil and Varun Ratnakar}, booktitle = {FLAIRS 2002 Conference}, crossref = {FLAIRS2002}, editor = {Susan M. Haller and Gene Simmons}, pages = {413-418}, publisher = {AAAI Press}, year = {2002}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2282039af1a1b00401513b88cfdc570ae/flint63}, abstract = {Several languages have been proposed as candidates for semantic markup. We needed to adopt a language for our current research on developing user-oriented tools operating over the Semantic Web. This paper presents the results of our analysis of three candidates that we considered: XML, RDF, and DAML+OIL along with their associated schemas and ontology specifications. The analysis focuses on the expressiveness of each language, and is presented along several dimensions and summarized in a comparison table. A surprising result of our analysis is the decision to adopt XML(Schema) for practical reasons, since it is able to accommodate a relatively expressive set of constructs and is widely known and commercially supported. We also discuss how we plan to complement XML(S) with a small set of conventions, so that we will have an easier transition to other markup languages in the future.}, timestamp = {2008.05.21}, file = {ACM Digital Library:2002/GilRatnakar02FLAIRS.pdf:PDF}, isbn = {1-57735-141-X}, subtitle = {FLAIRS, May 14--16, 2002, Pensacola Beach, Florida, USA}, owner = {flint}, keywords = {aaai ai knowledge ontology paper processing rdf semantic v0805 web xml } }