- From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:22:57 -0400 (EDT)
- To: ivan@w3.org
- Cc: sandro@w3.org, public-owl-wg@w3.org
From: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> Subject: Re: review of document-overview Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:30:09 +0100 [...] >> SECTION 1 >> >> * "Ontologies are formalised" -> "Ontologies are formalized" >> >> "W3C uses U.S. English (e.g., "standardise" should read >> "standardize" and "behaviour" should read "behavior")." -- >> http://www.w3.org/2001/06/manual/#Spelling >> > > Heh. +1 due to W3C's rules. I let you discuss the anglo-american issues > with Ian in a dark alley somewhere:-) > > As an aside: somebody really aware of the differences may have to go > through the other documents, too. I know I tend to use UK spelling > because that is what I learned at school but, then, with so much > American around me I simply got completely confused and I probably use a > mixture of the two:-( You should have tried growing up in Canada, which had both British and American influences, and its own set of spelling rules to boot. (Un)fortunately, I've been in this he-ar great USofA for so long that I'm mostly converted to 'Muricun spelling (but *not* grammar). peter
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