RE: OWL naming issues

Ian Horrocks wrote:

>>> What is encompassed by 'OWL 2 - the entire language' ? E.g. would
>>> an OWL/XML document belong to 'OWL 2 - the entire language' ?
>
>This is a very generic term that encompasses all aspects of the
>language. The way I think about it is that if I say "blah blah OWL 2
>blah blah", then the statement should still be true if I change any
>details of syntax or semantics occurring in the blah.

I think this also characterizes my own current notion of the 
term "OWL 2" with the greatest possible precision. :-D

Michael

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