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- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:26:46 +0000
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RDF-ISSUE-165 (datatype map): LC Comment: datatype map [RDF Semantics] http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/track/issues/165 Raised by: Guus Schreiber On product: RDF Semantics Comment by Michael Schneider http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-comments/2013Oct/0067.html * ยง7: The notion of a "datatype map" has been effectively replaced by a new notion of "recognized IRIs". No further explanation is being given for this change. I have to note that the notion of datatype maps has been used and is deeply integrated in several of the other core Semantic Web specifications: SPARQL 1.1 (in the SPARQL Entailment Regimes spec), OWL 2 (specifically in the RDF-Based Semantics), and RIF (in the RDF-and-OWL Compatibility spec), and it is probably generally in quite wide use, for example in many scientific papers and books. I believe the notion of a datatype map as very basic and relevant for the stack of semantics specifications that are based on the RDF Semantics spec. In addition, I have never encountered any bigger problem with this notion, even though I have been highly involved with it during the years, in particular in my work as the editor of the OWL 2 RDF-Based Semantics. So under these circumstances, I consider this change harmful for the foundation of the Semantic Web, and with the lack of any rational the change even appears to me to be an arbitrary choice. In my opinion, it goes too far for a "1.1-style revision" of the RDF specification. In summary, I cannot accept this change and ask the WG to bring back the old notion of a datatype map.
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