Re: RIF: Fitting PR and RR into logical rules --> rule priorities

• From: Francois Bry <bry@ifi.lmu.de>
• Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:34:39 +0200
• To: "Vincent, Paul D" <PaulVincent@fairisaac.com>
• CC: public-rif-wg@w3.org
• Message-ID: <4485846F.4050008@ifi.lmu.de>

Vincent, Paul D wrote:
> Generally I have to say that rule priorities are NOT all that common
> (IMHO) and their presence is sometimes an indication of someone using a
> rule language as a procedural programming language. 
>   

I fully agree with Vincent's remarks, especially the above one.

I would even add, that productiuon eca rules often inherently are
imperative, eg when they express state changes like updatges of data.

> PS: We ARE proposing to add rule priorities into PRR, as they ARE
> supported by most PR rule engines today. 
>   

I support this proposal.

Francois

Received on Tuesday, 6 June 2006 13:34:54 UTC