Re: Comments on * DRAFT * Rules Working Group Charter $Revision: 1.60 $

Dieter wrote:


>On the other hand, it is not that difficult to identify something 
>around Horn logic
>with a minimal model as common ground of state of the art rule languages.


Mike wrote:

>The only rule language that FOL is a superset of (modulo a mapping) is SWRL
>- an untested newcomer. And of Horn Datalog, which is near-useless. All the
>real rule-based languages don't map into FOL AFAIK.

Am I the only one confused?  Why is "Horn logic with a minimal model" 
so preferable to "Horn Datalog"?
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