- From: Ian Horrocks <ian.horrocks@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:13:22 +0000
- To: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
- Cc: OWL Working Group WG <public-owl-wg@w3.org>
The definition that refers to the mapping is only "For documents using the RDF/XML serialization" -- this is clearly stated before the main definitions. It then goes on to say "For documents using other serializations ..." and to give an example of how this works for XML syntax. Ian On 16 Mar 2009, at 17:50, Alan Ruttenberg wrote: > Hi Ian, > > As written, this doesn't seem to work. The definition says > "successfully parsed using the canonical parsing process as defined in > the OWL 2 Syntax specification [OWL 2 Specification] and the procedure > for mapping from RDF graphs to the structural specification described > in the OWL 2 Mapping to RDF Graphs [OWL 2 Mapping to RDF Graphs]". > Then it says: "An XML document is an OWL 2 DL ontology document > iff...". But as an XML document is not parsed using the OWL 2 Mapping > to RDF Graphs, this can't be satisfied. > > -Alan > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 5:54 AM, Ian Horrocks > <ian.horrocks@comlab.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >> Dear Jeremy, >> >> Thank you for your comment >> >> <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-owl-comments/2009Feb/ >> 0008.html> >> on the OWL 2 Web Ontology Language last call drafts. >> >> Thank you for pointing out this problem. The Syntactic Conformance >> section >> of the Conformance and Test Cases document (see [1]) has been >> revised to be >> clearer in general and to rectify these problems in particular. >> The main >> definitions of the different kinds of ontology documents now refer >> explicitly to the RDF/XML syntax and are now complete definitions, >> e.g.: >> >> "An OWL 2 DL ontology document is an OWL 2 Full ontology document >> that can >> be successfully parsed using the canonical parsing process as >> defined in the >> OWL 2 Syntax specification [OWL 2 Specification] and the procedure >> for >> mapping from RDF graphs to the structural specification described >> in the OWL >> 2 Mapping to RDF Graphs [OWL 2 Mapping to RDF Graphs] to produce >> an instance >> of the OWL 2 ontology class satisfying all of the restrictions >> described in >> Section 3 of the OWL 2 Syntax specification [OWL 2 Specification]." >> >> Similarly, the example is now specific to the XML syntax. It says >> "An XML >> document is an OWL 2 DL ontology document iff [certain conditions >> are met]"; >> i.e., an XML document is an OWL 2 DL ontology document if said >> conditions >> are met, and it is not an OWL 2 DL ontology document if said >> conditions are >> not met. >> >> [1] >> http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/ >> Conformance_and_Test_Cases#Syntactic_Conformance >> >> Please acknowledge receipt of this email to >> <mailto:public-owl-comments@w3.org> (replying to this email should >> suffice). >> In your acknowledgment please let us know whether or not you are >> satisfied >> with the working group's response to your comment. >> >> Regards, >> Ian Horrocks >> on behalf of the W3C OWL Working Group >> >> >> >>
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