Re: Agenda for RDFCore WG Telecon 2002-01-11

Patrick Stickler wrote:

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> The recent message from the DAML folks requests both explicit (local)
> and implicit (global) data typing, but does not say whether both are
> required to coexist in the same knowledge base.
> 
> Could this please be clarified?
> 
> I am assuming that both local and global mechanisms must be able to coexist,
> but it would be useful if this were stated explicitly.
> 


I am assuming the need for coexistence as well, because it's not clear 
how you would go about defining the "knowledge base" idea that would 
allow you to successfully limit the types to one mechanism or the other.

--Frank



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