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<ChrisW> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Sep/att-0043/20080902-rif-minutes.html
<ChrisW> PROPOSED: accept minutes from Sept 2 telecon
<ChrisW> RESOLVED: accept minutes from Sept 2 telecon
Sandro: OWL WG rule profile is
progressing, at some point should look at the rules and check
can be written in BLD
... compare with our embedding, etc.
... Jos critical path for some of that?
<Harold> 4.3 Reasoning in OWL 2 RL and RDF Graphs using Rules
<Harold> http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/Profiles#Reasoning_in_OWL_2_RL_and_RDF_Graphs_using_Rules
ChrisW: Impact on last
call?
... there were OWL WG participants in the SWC document, does
OWL-2 have any impact on that?
Sandro: no evidence there is a problem, but should have someone who knows what they are doing look it over.
<ChrisW> ACTION: sandro to ask for a review of RDF&OWL from OWL-wg [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/09/09-rif-minutes.html#action01]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-573 - Ask for a review of RDF&OWL from OWL-wg [on Sandro Hawke - due 2008-09-16].
<ChrisW>
<ChrisW> ACTION: Dave to look at OWL-2-RL rules and consider whether they are implementable in BLD [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/09/09-rif-minutes.html#action03]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-574 - Look at OWL-2-RL rules and consider whether they are implementable in BLD [on Dave Reynolds - due 2008-09-16].
ChrisW: there is a Wiki page for linking external announcement postings. Check that publicity actions have been done but also recorded there.
<ChrisW> http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/Publicity
<sandro> Harold: Michael posted to xsb, flora-users, [etc]
csma: have new public comment
<csma> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-comments/2008Sep/0000.html
ChrisW: need to start a wiki page on it, it is mostly about FLD
Harold: Michael is aware of it
Harold: created a page for response to Richard O'Keefe comments
<Harold> http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/Response_to_OK
ACTION-572 completed by Jos
ACTION-570 pending discussion
<AdrianPa> yes, will put it to top priority
<Hassan> yes
ACTION-564 continued, waiting on APS discussions
Hassan: waiting for syntax to settle
<sandro> http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/38457/f2f11reg/
ChrisW: F2F11 proceeding as planned. Any objections to the proposed dinner should be raised now.
<csma> PROPOSED: Core will not have named-argument uniterms
ChrisW: seemed to be consensus on closing this at last discussion.
Gary: so why are they in BLD?
ChrisW: it was a close decision
even there.
... at that point there was an explicit flag that being in BLD
didn't mean necessarily having them in Core
Gary: this doesn't seem like a painful thing to implement
Sandro: don't object but it would be nice to have a clear rationale to explain the decision to others
csma: want to keep the option of dialects that don't have it, if it is in Core then all dialects have to have it
<sandro> csma: reason -- we want to keep the possibility of having dialects that don't have it. that's why not in core.
<scribe-note> RESOLVED: Core will not have named-argument uniterms
ChrisW: current open issues for Core - classification constructs (46), decideable (71), access to external functions (71), skolem functions (72), no predicates (74), disjunction (75), equality (76)
Harold/Gary: disjunction not a no-brainer. Gary would like it or some equivalent.
Harold: equality not-in-head already agreed, 76 is about equality in body
ChrisW: straw poll for NOT equality-in-head in Core
[No objections voiced]
ChrisW: what would be needed to resolve 76?
Harold: relates to the issue of builtins - predicates or functions
<AdrianPa> we discussed restricted equality in the body
Michael: disagrees, just an identity relationship, sees no reason not to include it
Hassan: becomes syntactic equality, most trivial
<Harold> Even if you don't have an equality construct for the body, everyone could define it in one fact: eq(?x ?x).
<AdrianPa> in PRD it is a single assignment function
<AdrianPa> slightly different from equality assignment which might reduce to identy equality if both sides are bound
<Hassan> = then means are these two pointers identical
<Hassan> Can we have an example of where it is useful?
Dave: doesn't this require equation rewriting
Gary: yes but need that any way
<Harold> http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/DTB#pred:numeric-equal_.28adapted_from_op:numeric-equal.29
<csma> Adrian, what do you mean with "in PRD, it is a single assignment function"? You mean: equality?
<GaryHallmark> A(?x) :- A(?x - 1) requires expression rewriting for PRD
<Hassan> I agree with Dave. We should spell out the criteria of what is or isn't in Core.
<sandro> I think so, yes, some builting in core
<GaryHallmark> i.e. rewrite to A(?x+1) :- A(?x)
<Hassan> Arithmetic?
Michael: doesn't require any new mechanism beyond what you need for builtins anyway
Dave: but for builtins we have on the table the possibility of binding patterns to restrict use, that wouldn't apply to syntax constructs like this equality
Michael: binding pattern's aren't going to fly in Core anyway
Sandro: trying to see where someone would need it
<Harold> My above eq(?x ?x) could be used for (single-)assignments, the above pred:numeric-equal(?arg1 ?arg2) could not.
Michael: consider use in prolog
<Harold> This is because of the modes ("binding patterns")
<Harold> eq(?myvar 1) is fine.
Dave: what about SWC and interaction with owl:sameAs?
Michael: it is not identity over datatypes
<Harold> pred:numeric-equal(?myvar 1) is not fine.
Dave: is there a difference between this equality and an untyped equality buitin?
ChrisW: seems the same
ChrisW: wants to get this one closed, at least agree on a resolution next week
<Hassan> gotta go - bye
ChrisW: This is about action-554 and issue-66
Gary: made several suggestions on
object creation
... basic issue is whether there is something that should be
shared with Core/BLD
<AdrianPa> I would vote for a special new built-in, too
<csma> Why is that a builtin?
<AdrianPa> this would allow new logic RIF dialects which support object creation
<csma> I mean, why is that "New" construct a builtin, not an action (like Assert, Retract, etc)?
Gary: proposed options including
builtin, skolem function like approach and new syntax
... so would the group like something that can be in Core or
should PRD go off in its own direction?
csma: don't understand why it is
sometimes referred to as a "builtin", isn't it another action
alongside assert?
... consider RETRACT, there is an action and associated keyword
(same for ASSERT even if done differently)
... NEW is not a builtin because if you call it multiple times
it gives different instances
Gary: yes, hence the need for an occurrence number - confusing the different options
Adrian: advantage of a builtin is that it can be used in other dialects, so can call it in the body of a rule
Gary: builtin is a pure mathematical function, fixed interpretation function, so Gensym is not legal
csma: preference is for option (a) then?
<AdrianPa> Stakeholder for Assert and Retract are is e.g. a RIF Prolog dialect
<GaryHallmark> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Sep/0087.html
<AdrianPa> Most prolog engines support assert and retract built-ins in the body of a rule
Dave: do have some interest in option C, relates to issue of Skolem functions in Core.
ChrisW: so if have (a) in PRD and Skolem in Core how would they interact?
Gary: the import becomes more difficult because trasnlator might be faced with either formulation and have to convert between the two.
csma: Object creation is intrinsically non-logical concept, if we used skolem functions for this doesn't this confuse things at least for implementers?
ChrisW: need to get these issues
moved to closure, time is running out
... would like Gary and Harold to organize telecons for PRD and
Core to progress these issues further
<AdrianPa> yes, good idea. Let's have a PRD task force with telecons
csma: include others, not just editors, not closed
ChrisW: yes, announce telecons on the mail list so stakeholders can participate
csma: resolutions would still be made in the whole WG telecons
ChrisW: free to use Zakim bridge for this
<AdrianPa> http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/Category:Test_Case
ChrisW: plan is to go through
TestCases and approve them
... in first OWL WG used these to give evidence that there are
implementations and they are doing what the spec says
<AdrianPa> unfortunately I will be travelling next week
<ChrisW> zakim: take up item 10
<AdrianPa> so can not particiapte but will cordinate with the other test case editors
<AdrianPa> bye
<ChrisW> scribe for next week: MichaelKifer