URW3 questions on RIF

Giorgos,

We discussed your report and were interested in what the RIF WG has  
in mind for dialects.  From the IRC log (now linked from the URW3  
Member Home Page)

<KathyL> Ken mentioned the idea of dialects from RIF
<anne_cregan> Some methods may be incommensurate, and identifying  
that is in itself a valuable contribution
<KathyL> In fact, Ken discussed with somebody that uncertainty  
information might be represented
<KathyL> as a dialect in RIF
<Ken> Anne's idea of ways to capture info for different methods could  
be like RIF dialects built over a base


<Ken> Q: is RIF just going to write official dialects or will it  
provide enough of a documented framework that others can write dialects?
<Ken> do new dialects need RIF WG blessing?


<KathyL> Kathy suggested that if there is a mechanism to define dialects
<KathyL> then we can allow dialects to evolve de facto
<KathyL> without declaring them official prematurely

Can you comment on this?

Thanks,

Ken

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