[rdfweb-dev] languages

Peter Saint-Andre stpeter at jabber.org
Tue Jul 29 21:40:53 UTC 2003


One bit I'd like to see in FOAF is a way to specify what languages I
know, including level (fluent, beginner, intermediate, etc.) and which
language I prefer, if any. Identifiers would use the codes in RFC 3066.
What is the best way to add this in? In my FOAF-newbie-ness, I would
propose something like the following:

<foaf:language type='preferred' level='fluent'>en</foaf:language>
<foaf:language type='reading' level='intermediate'>la</foaf:language>
<foaf:language type='reading' level='intermediate'>el</foaf:language>
<foaf:language type='occasional' level='beginner'>cz</foaf:language>
<foaf:language type='occasional' level='beginner'>nl</foaf:language>
<foaf:language type='occasional' level='beginner'>de</foaf:language>

But those attributes don't seem very FOAF-ish somehow. Please lead me 
to FOAF enlightenment, O great FOAF gurus.

Peter

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