Re: Introductions

[Alternate, but Principal for F2F, I think]
[Attending F2F]

Here is my introduction for those working group members who don't know me.
Those who do know me are free to make their own judgements, of course.

I am a visiting professor at the University of Bozen-Bolzano and a
Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs Research.  I have worked for various
incarnations of Bell Labs for over 15 years.  My research centers on practical
aspects of formal knowledge representation.

I have spent much of the last five years fighting for truth and beauty in the
Semantic Web.  I helped develop DAML+OIL; I have pointed out and fixed numerous
problems with RDF; I designed the abstract syntax and semantics for OWL; I
designed SWRL and SWRL FOL; I have pointed out problems with the orthodox
vision of the Semantic Web; I developed an alternative vision for the Semantic
Web.

I expect to continue my fight for truth and beauty in this working group.  I
expect to continue my string of Cassandra-like warnings concerning the
unintended consequences of technical decisions.  I hope that some of them are
heeded.

I hope that the working group comes up with a rule language that fits into a
rational vision of the Semantic Web.  

My contact information is splattered over the Web, with the result that I get a
lot of spam.  There is thus not much harm in letting the working group know
that my email at the University of Bozen-Bolzano is pfps@inf.unibz.it.


Peter F. Patel-Schneider
Visiting Professor, University of Bozen-Bolzano
Member of Technical Staff, Bell Labs Research

Received on Wednesday, 30 November 2005 17:33:21 UTC