Why does RDF seem so convoluted

jonny5tails

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So here is an entry in rdf format. I'd like to understand why some parts of it seem so convoluted. \[code\]<pgterms:file rdf:about="&f;dirs/3/1/9/0/31900/31900-8.zip"> <dc:format><dcterms:IMT><rdf:value>text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"</rdf:value></dcterms:IMT></dc:format> <dc:format><dcterms:IMT><rdf:value>application/zip</rdf:value></dcterms:IMT></dc:format> <dcterms:extent>193120</dcterms:extent> <dcterms:modified><dcterms:W3CDTF><rdf:value>2010-04-06</rdf:value></dcterms:W3CDTF></dcterms:modified> <dcterms:isFormatOf rdf:resource="#etext31900" /></pgterms:file>\[/code\]In particular, this value:\[code\]<dc:format><dcterms:IMT><rdf:value>text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"</rdf:value></dcterms:IMT></dc:format>\[/code\]Why does it need both a \[code\]dcterms:IMT\[/code\] AND an \[code\]rdf:value\[/code\] portion? This just seems like a lot of bloat for what appears to be little practical benefit. Since it is already using MIME types, it just doesn't make sense to me.
 
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