RE: [LC response] To Jan Hladik

Dear Uli and Ian,

> Thank you for your comment
>       <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-owl-comments/
> 2009Jan/0050.html>
> on the OWL 2 Web Ontology Language last call drafts.
> 
> You have noticed that, in the current specification of OWL 2, only
> *unary* datatype relatations (facets) are supported and that, in
> theory, this restriction is unnecessary. The syntax is defined,
> however, in such a way that it can be easily extended to datatype
> relatations (facets) of arity larger than one. It is possible that
> such an extension (to the syntax and the semantics) will be published
> later as a separate document; this will depend on the state of and
> experiences with implementations.      
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Thank you for your reply. I am glad that you are considering an extension to larger arities (and I am confident that experiences with implementations will show that this feature is welcomed by users).

Best regards,

	Jan

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