Re: Enough already

If you have an implementation of SHACL, even if not finalized, please 
inform the working group (through this list). We have tried to keep a 
list of implementations, but it sounds like it is incomplete.

kc

On 12/9/16 8:22 PM, Terry Roach wrote:
> If I may interject in this debate, this all seems quite bewildering to me.
>
> I am a pragmatic, practitioner of semantic technologies;  is a mere
> consumer of W3C standards. Our company builds products based on your
> ideas and so maybe I am not accustomed to how these things get cooked
> up, but take a look at yourselves please. Somebody needs to inject a
> dose of reality into this conversation.
>
> We are very interested in the SHACL standard making it’s way through
> this process and becoming endorsed so that we can commit to it in our
> products. There will be no better test of the value and robustness of
> SHACL than the community of semantic developers applying it in practice.
>
> No standard is born perfect, of course it will evolve and I expect we
> will find issues that will surely be addressed as it matures. But it
> needs to get out of the door.
>
> Perfection is the enemy of innovation here.
>
> If there are any substantive issues with the standard, then of course
> robust debate is great, but that should be in the form of a positive,
> constructive suggestions. I am just seeing myopic, pedantic
> grandstanding here.
>
> There is a very vocal minority (of one) holding this debate hostage and
> it is a travesty that the enormous effort that has gone into this piece
> of work is being held up in this way.
>
> Enough already
>
>
> *Terry Roach*
> Chief Executive Officer
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