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Re: [TED] Action-188, ISSUE: production rule systems have "difficulty" with recursive rules in RIF Core

From: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:02:37 -0500
To: Francis McCabe <frankmccabe@sandsoft.com>
Cc: W3C RIF WG <public-rif-wg@w3.org>
Message-Id: <20061217230334.ABA304F11F@homer.w3.org>


> Yes, but the purpose of the RIF is to support the interchange of any  
> rule language. Conformance must be expressed in terms of being  
> faithful to the semantics of RIF, not whether you implement  
> everything in it. If you are faithful to the semantics, then someone  
> else can come along and reliably interpret your translated rule set.

How do you suggest that I -- a user -- know what rules I can write and
remain confident they will work on several other vendors' systems?

     -- Sandro
Received on Sunday, 17 December 2006 23:03:43 GMT

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