[concepts] Re: Web Ontology Working Group Consensus Review of RDF Core documents

I agree that the description of social meaning issues is not currently 
well-handled.

Brian, I think this comment may be dealt with under the same issue that is 
raised by Peter Patel-Schneider's comments relating to "social meaning".  I 
trust your judgement whether to treat this as the same or separate issue.

#g
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At 05:17 PM 2/20/03 -0500, Jim Hendler wrote:
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>WOWG comments on the RDF Concepts Document
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>We believe the RDF Concepts Document is a useful document and helpful in 
>understanding RDF and its use.  However, out Working Group did have some 
>concerns with respect to the issue of social meaning as discussed in this 
>document.
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>The Web Ontology WG has mixed views on this issue and could not agree on a 
>specific consensus response in the time available.  However, we note that 
>a number of participants in the Web Ontology WG have serious reservations 
>about the RDF view on the social meaning of RDF.
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>We did reach consensus to request that the wording in the RDF Schema and 
>the RDF Concepts documents be rephrased to explain this issue, and 
>particularly its impact, more clearly, as this has ramifications on other 
>languages, such as OWL, which are extensions to RDF.

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Graham Klyne
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