In a word: no. There are various features of Notation3 that are not present in XML RDF. Here’s GabeW and DanC on the subject:- • GabeW: Second question is whether (assuming that you can) there is at least one way to express every N3 expression (assuming in some sort of canonical form) in RDF/XML and vice versa • DanC: there are various corner cases where conversion breaks down; e.g. { } can’t be written in RDF 1.0 syntax. and I thought {} was short-hand for reification, but TimBL hasn’t made up his mind about that yet. • GabeW: OK, so N3 is a “in-flight” thing.. • DanC: absolutely. N3 was a hair-brained idea last summer; it became a one-night hack last October. it’s had maybe a few dozen man-hours put it into it by now. • GabeW: pretty good for a one night hack – I mean its pretty concise and fairly precise. • DanC: yeah… I think it started with TimBL’s frustration that RDF 1.0 syntax doesn’t have, at its core, the equivalent of . i.e. no
