Re: Selected problems with Proposal 4

On 11/03/2016 1:55, Karen Coyle wrote:
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> On 3/10/16 3:10 AM, Holger Knublauch wrote:
>> 1) Proposal 4 is poorly motivated. As Peter stated himself, he started
>> this effort to simplify the metamodel. He made changes to the end-user
>> visible syntax in order to "simplify" the metamodel. However, there was
>> no problem with the end-user visible syntax to begin with. There was no
>> need to change it, and the new syntax is a step backwards. The metamodel
>> is far less important than the user-facing syntax.
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> Simplifing the model is a valid motivation. Otherwise we wouldn't have 
> suggested to have a ShEx user interface. As that interface may not be 
> forthcoming, it would be preferable to have SHACL be easily 
> understandable. Otherwise it can only be easily used with a UI on top 
> of it, and that limits its use to those who have access to an 
> application with an interface. I think that would be the death of SHACL.

+1

But can you explain what your paragraph has to do with mine?

Thanks,
Holger

Received on Thursday, 10 March 2016 20:36:00 UTC