RE: OWL "Sydney Syntax", structured english

>>FOAF,
>>constantly made an exemplar by W3, is a bit of a mess in this regard IMHO.
>
>IMO, any attempt to avoid 'mess' in your sense will be doomed to 
>failure, and is best not even attempted. It has been tried before, 
>and it has always failed. And in any case there is absolutely no need 
>to even attempt it. Nothing turns on the noun/verb distinction.
>
This is pretty harsh.

Can you please cite where this has "been tried before"? 
Thanks,
John

Received on Wednesday, 29 November 2006 22:16:39 UTC