Re: [TED] ACTION-306: suggestions for abstract syntax

I'm ok with this proposal.  +1

Christian de Sainte Marie wrote:

>
> Christian de Sainte Marie wrote:
>
>> Gary Hallmark wrote:
>>
>>> I don't like the ability to have free variables (not scoped in a 
>>> forall)
>>
>>
>> This is specifically excluded in the definition I propose.
>
>
> Actually, I got carried away with the argument, when I proposed the 
> "footnote" to require that all variables MUST be within the scope of a 
> forall.
>
> What had been discussed, and on which there was a consensus, is that 
> quantifiers must be explicit in RIF; that is, that "concrete" rule 
> languages that allow implicit ones would have to make them explicit in 
> RIF. There was consensus on that [1] at the telecon 17Oct06 [3] and 
> Harold announced that he had modified the draft accordingly at the 
> telecon 24Oct06 [4].
>
> So, I corrected my proposal to reflect that consensus and nothing more 
> [5] ([6]is the diff with previous version).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christian
>
> [1] Without a formal resolution, though. The only resolution I found 
> on the Horn Rule abstract syntax is from F2F5, to "use diagram in [2] 
> in Core WD1, labeled "stillo under discussion".
>
> [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2007Feb/0134
>
> [3] 
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2006Oct/att-0098/2006-10-17-rif-minutes.html#item04 
>
>
> [4] 
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2006Oct/att-0104/meeting-2006-10-24.html#item04 
>
>
> [5] http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/wiki/Core/Horn_Rules_Alternative
>
> [6] 
> http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/wiki/Core/Horn_Rules_Alternative?action=diff&rev2=12&rev1=7 
>
>
>

-- 


Oracle <http://www.oracle.com>
Gary Hallmark | Architect | +1.503.525.8043
Oracle Server Technologies
1211 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 800
Portland, OR 97204

Received on Friday, 15 June 2007 21:46:02 UTC