Re: [UCR] RIF needs different reasoning methods

On 12 Mar 2006, at 23:09, Gerd Wagner wrote:

> Ian Horrocks wrote:
>> If the RIF supports rules with different meanings (i.e.,
>> where different behaviour of the consuming system is
>> expected), then clearly
>> they would need to be distinguished. I don't see anyone
>> disagreeing about that.
>
> OK, then we agree on Francois' proposal to mark/annotate
> the distinction between these different types of rules

The trouble is that this isn't what either Francois  or I said: 
Francois' proposal explicitly referred to distinguishing the reasoning 
method to be applied to rules of the same type (or at least having the 
same meaning); I said that *if* the RIF supports rules with different 
meanings, then they would need to be distinguished.

> (I think this was the main point of the debate, and not
> the issue of efficient proof theories).

I think that we should wait for Francois to clarify his intended 
meaning, which is not obviously the same as yours.

Ian



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Received on Monday, 13 March 2006 09:39:56 UTC