RIF perspective on supported datatypes

In our discussions in the RIF WG on using RIF Core to represent the rules in the 
OWL-RL profile, we could not perceive value for our user base in adopting 
owl:rational but noted that is already At Risk in the current OWL2 drafts. We 
also did not see value in requiring support for the string subtypes 
xsd:normalizedString, xsd:token, xsd:Name, xsd:NCName and xsd:NMTOKEN, though 
these are still under discussion.

This comment began within the context of the OWL-RL profile, however we would 
like to work towards a common set of datatypes for the semantic web.

-RIF WG

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Dr. Christopher A. Welty                    IBM Watson Research Center
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Received on Friday, 23 January 2009 21:16:44 UTC