Re: draft response for LC comment 63 JO1

I suppose that it is benign to change to something like:

  The reason for a normative and recommendation track status for the OWL
  2 XML syntax is to say that OWL 2 tools that use an XML schema
  specified syntax for the exchange of ontology documents *should* use
  the XML schema provided in the OWL 2 recommendation. Making the XML
  syntax a working group note would not provide this sort of guidance.

This is even more explicit, and points out that it is ontology documents
that are being exchanged.

peter

From: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: draft response for LC comment 63 JO1
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:11:16 -0400

> Meant to reply all.
> -Alan
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:00:29 -0400
> Subject: Re: draft response for LC comment 63 JO1
> To: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
> 
> Because the issue of the XML syntax, has a contentious one, and
> because the addition says more clearly what the case is. Is there
> something wrong with saying so?
> 
> -Alan
> 
> On Mar 16, 2009, at 4:36 PM, "Peter F. Patel-Schneider"
> <pfps@research.bell-labs.com
>  > wrote:
> 
>> OWL tools are in some sense free to use whatever XML they want
>> internally, and the WG doesn't really have anything to say about this,
>> but I don't see why the reply should have the "for exchange of"
>> qualification.
>>
>> peter
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: draft response for LC comment 63 JO1
>> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:25:17 -0400
>>
>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> A minor point.
>>>
>>> In:
>>> The reason for a normative and recommendation track status for the
>>> OWL 2
>>> XML syntax is to say that OWL 2 tools that use an XML syntax for
>>> OWL 2
>>> *should* use the XML syntax provided in the OWL 2 recommendation.
>>>
>>> s/that use an XML syntax/that use an XML syntax for exchange of/
>>> Presumably this should be fixed in the underlying document unless
>>> obvious from the immediate context.
>>>
>>> -Alan
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider
>>> <pfps@research.bell-labs.com> wrote:
>>>> [Draft Response for LC Comment 63:] JO1
>>>>
>>>> Dear Jacco,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your message
>>>>  <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-owl-comments/2009Feb/0013.html
>>>> >
>>>> on the OWL 2 Web Ontology Language last call drafts.
>>>>
>>>> The Working Group acknowledges that the recent last call document
>>>> set
>>>> confused some readers, particularly with respect to the overall
>>>> OWL 2
>>>> environment and the various syntaxes for OWL 2.  At its last
>>>> face-to-face meeting the Working Group has, therefore, added a new
>>>> document to the OWL 2 suite, entitled "Document Overview". The
>>>> document
>>>> has not yet been published, but an editor's draft is publicly
>>>> available
>>>> at:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/Document_Overview
>>>>
>>>> The Document Overview document describes the status of the various
>>>> syntaxes for OWL 2 and clearly states that RDF/XML is the primary
>>>> syntax
>>>> for the exchange of OWL 2 ontologies.  This status is reiterated
>>>> in the
>>>> Conformance document.  The Document Overview document states that
>>>> the
>>>> XML syntax need not be supported by OWL 2 tools.
>>>>
>>>> There are other parts of the OWL 2 recommendation that are
>>>> optional as
>>>> well.  There can be OWL 2 tools that only implement OWL 2 RL, for
>>>> example.
>>>>
>>>> The reason for a normative and recommendation track status for the
>>>> OWL 2
>>>> XML syntax is to say that OWL 2 tools that use an XML syntax for
>>>> OWL 2
>>>> *should* use the XML syntax provided in the OWL 2 recommendation.
>>>> Making the XML syntax a working group note would not provide this
>>>> sort
>>>> of guidance.
>>>>
>>>> The Working Group plans on making the examples in the OWL 2
>>>> Structural
>>>> Specification and Functional Syntax document available in other
>>>> syntaxes, even though that document only defines one syntax.  The
>>>> Working group does not intend to make changes to the XML
>>>> Serialization
>>>> document in response to your message.
>>>>
>>>> We hope that the new document and other upcoming changes address
>>>> your
>>>> concerns.
>>>>
>>>> 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,
>>>> Peter F. Patel-Schneider
>>>> on behalf of the W3C OWL Working Group
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
> 

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