Fragments discussion

In an effort to get us thinking and to structure our discussion we  
came up with the following list of questions/topics (see http:// 
www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/Teleconference.2008.01.30/Discussion).  
Although we don't expect to make any firm decisions, we do hope to  
reach agreement on some general directions.

Note that as this is a large and as yet relatively little discussed  
topic we have allowed 45 minutes. This may mean postponing some or  
all issue related matters to next week.

     *  There are (at least) two aspects to this discussion: Language  
Fragments, defined in terms of (restrictions on) the (structural)  
syntax, and Conformance levels, defined in terms of implementation  
behaviour.
           o Do we understand and agree with this distinction?
     * "Rule based" fragments such as OWLPrime.
           o Review of current status.
           o What are the language fragment and conformance level  
issues?
     * OWL-Lite
           o Do we want to retain a/the OWL-Lite?
           o Is there a backwards compatibility issue?
           o How would it relate to other fragments?
     * Number of fragments
           o Should we limit the number of fragments?
           o If so, why and to how many?
           o Are some fragments more or less compelling than others  
(e.g., in terms of implementer experience and utility)?
     * Documentation
           o Should a/the tractable fragments document be REC track?
           o Is the existing tractable fragments document appropriate?
           o Do we need additional user facing documentation for the  
fragments?

Regards,
Ian and Alan

Received on Monday, 28 January 2008 23:14:29 UTC