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Re: RIF vs Rule Language

From: Bijan Parsia <bparsia@isr.umd.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 10:38:28 -0800
Message-Id: <f39eb8b6ee41e2c2841d4cb69d96515f@isr.umd.edu>
Cc: Ulrike.Sattler@manchester.ac.uk, franconi@inf.unibz.it, public-rif-wg@w3.org
To: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>

On Dec 9, 2005, at 10:19 AM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
[snip]
> I think that even the simpler version of this needs to be considered 
> with
> care.  Lots of people will think that the diferent semantics never 
> matter, when
> they only don't matter when all there is is f-f Horn clauses.

You know this, but it can matter even when all there is f-f Horn 
clauses (e.g., depending on your query language). And you could have a 
mixed kb where some of the FFHCs are interpreted one way and others the 
other (e.g., using the K operator).

Cheers,
Bijan.
Received on Friday, 9 December 2005 18:38:53 GMT

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