RE: [RIF] [UCR]: What is the RIF (revisited): subset of all rule languages

+1 

In our experience the 80:20 rule applies: 80% of rules will be covered by 20% of the available syntax. For the other 20% I might want to engage a specialist logician to explain to me what the rule meant anyway...

Paul Vincent
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OMG Standards for Business Rules, PRR & BPMI
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From: public-rif-wg-request@w3.org [mailto:public-rif-wg-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Dieter Fensel
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 2:46 PM
To: Peter F. Patel-Schneider; public-rif-wg@w3.org
Subject: Re: [RIF] [UCR]: What is the RIF (revisited)


At 09:09 AM 2/8/2006 -0500, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:



> > Why? We do not need a rule language that covers any possible feature 
> but one
> > that covers 80% of the stuff that is used and useful.
>
>Hmm.  A RIF that covers 80% of what is used and useful might actually be
>totally useless, as almost every rule-set might include something that the RIF
>doesn't handle.


So what? You may loose something that is not very common.

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