RE: draft response for LC comment 65 MS8

Hi Peter!

Let's defer this until we have decided on named data ranges. With Boris'
proposal [1] my LC comment will become moot, since a datatype declaration
will then be necessary for a DatatypeDefinition.

Michael 

[1] <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-owl-wg/2009Mar/0066.html>

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>To: public-owl-wg@w3.org
>Subject: draft response for LC comment 65 MS8
>
>[Draft Response for LC Comment 65:] MS8
>
>Dear Michael,
>
>Thank you for your eighth message
>  <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-owl-wg/2009Mar/0000.html>
>on the OWL 2 Web Ontology Language last call drafts.
>
>Datatype declarations are currently in the functional syntax for two
>reasons:
>
>1/ For symmetry, allowing all entities to be declared.
>
>2/ To better capture RDF graphs with typing triples.
>
>As well, the working group is currently contemplating adding the ability
>to have named data ranges, which would be non-built-in datatypes.
>Declaring datatypes would form part of the support for this new feature.
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>Regards,
>Peter F. Patel-Schneider
>on behalf of the W3C OWL Working Group

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