Re: how to proceed with building OWL [was Re: semantics: layering ...]

From: Jim Hendler <hendler@cs.umd.edu>
Subject: Re: how to proceed with building OWL [was Re: semantics: layering  ...]
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:27:08 -0500

> >I worry that the WG is going to spend time on the strawman, only to find
> >out that a lot of it has to be redone.  Besides which, don't we have several
> >strawmen already?
> 
> please point me to one - other than DAML+OIL, I've seen no proposal 
> for anything other than approaches.  

Well, how about 

http://lists.w3.org/Archive/Public/www-webont-wg/2002Jan/att-0061/01-swol.text
http://lists.w3.org/Archive/Public/www-webont-wg/2002Jan/att-0061/02-swol-xml-rdf.text

> Also, when you say the "WG is 
> going to spend time" I remind you we're talking about starting the 
> spiral, which you are in, as opposed to defining an entire document. 
> I assume you'll be reading the email Frank sends out and commenting, 
> so maybe I'm missing what you mean.

I worry about some fundamental problem in the strawman, that requires a
complete reworking.

peter