- From: Mala Mehrotra <mm@pragati-inc.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:02:47 -0800
- To: Dave Reynolds <der@hplb.hpl.hp.com>, Dieter Fensel <dieter.fensel@deri.org>
- Cc: public-rif-wg@w3.org
+1 >In the semantic web area we have quite a large number of proposals >and implemented systems with a very wide diversity but not the same >maturity. This diversity inhibits rule developers because they may >get locked into a particular rule implementation and can't easily >share their rules with other web developers who want to reuse them >for similar tasks. RIF could bring some coherence to this space. If >there were to be a RIF profile which defined a reasonably simple, >understandable, RDF/OWL compatible rule format and semantics that >covered "80%" of "interesting" cases then: >(a) that might give a profile that rule authors could write to in >order to gain some implementation independence and ability to share rules; >(b) at least some semantic web rule language implementers might >migrate their systems to be more compatible with that profile, >possibly even as far as doing a direct implementation. > >A nice feature of the way the RIF work is structured is that having >such a profile would in no way preclude other extensions needed to >handle exchange between systems with more advanced capabilities. > >Thus whilst the goal of RIF is interchange of rules, it *may* also >have the side effect of providing the seed for a semantic web rule >language. I don't think that side effect is in conflict with the main goal. > >Dave > > Mala Mehrotra Pragati Synergetic Research Inc. MS 19-46Q, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, CA 94035 Voice: (650)-625-0274(Office) (408)-861-0939 (Home Office) (408)-910-4115 (Cell) Fax: (408)-516-9599 URL: http://www.pragati-inc.com Email: mm@pragati-inc.com
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