Re: RIF vs Rule Language

On 9 Dec 2005, at 19:38, Bijan Parsia wrote:

> On Dec 9, 2005, at 10:19 AM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
> [snip]
>> I think that even the simpler version of this needs to be  
>> considered with
>> care.  Lots of people will think that the diferent semantics never  
>> matter, when
>> they only don't matter when all there is is f-f Horn clauses.
>
> You know this, but it can matter even when all there is f-f Horn  
> clauses (e.g., depending on your query language). And you could  
> have a mixed kb where some of the FFHCs are interpreted one way and  
> others the other (e.g., using the K operator).

But even with f-f horn, *in presence of ontologies* the semantics  
choice matters. A lot.

--e.

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