Re: LC: Opposing OWL/XML format

On 28 Jan 2009, at 02:40, Alan Ruttenberg wrote:

>>>> Well, I think we do already :) But if you mean an XSLT, then we  
>>>> can do
>>>> the wrapper thing quickly. Rees indicated that that wasn't  
>>>> acceptable!
>>>>
>>>> Verra strange.
>>>
>>> Maybe you missed where I said my reason to dislike the web service
>>> (XSLT+CGI) was that it was complicated and fragile.
>>
>> I don't think it is. Certainly not *more* complicated and fragile.
>
> The reason that this option was rejected

I don't see that it was rejected.

> was that it required users to
> ship their files to the site where the cgi was running. This was no
> good for users inside companies where this would represent an
> unacceptable exposure of potentially proprietary information.

Um...and running an unvetted program is ok?

> http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/Teleconference.2008.04.30/Minutes#Issue_97

That does not represent a decision by the working group, AFICT. The  
conversations I had with Ivan and Sandro took place well after this  
conversation.

Even so, I don't see how it's *fragile*. Insecure, maybe.

(Of course, this generally supports my point: It's not just a  
transformation, but a transformation meeting *quite* a few detailed  
implementation demands. Which is inappropriate for the WG.)

Cheers,
Bijan.