Re: scientific publishing task force update

Jim Hendler wrote:

> At 9:36 -0700 6/12/06, Miller, Michael D (Rosetta) wrote:
>
>> Hi Kei,
>>
>> Once an OWL ontology is published there are no typos!  If one wants to
>> use the ontology, one must conform to the definitions.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Michael
>>
>
> or produce a new, backward compatible version which makes the change...
> (or inform the author of the original to fix it in his next release)
>
> One thing this does teach us is the importance of having the ontology 
> name space document be at a set URI - this packaging up OWL in zip 
> files is very harmful to the whole idea of the Seamntic Web, since the 
> "same" ontology in two different places is really two different 
> ontologies in actuality, since the URIs are difference.  I've actually 
> suggested to some folks in the OWL community an easy fix for this, am 
> hoping it will get into one of the notes...
>  -JH
>
I think this are very good points, trying to identify (legal, technical, 
and social) impediments to semantic web technologies. :-)

-Kei

Received on Monday, 12 June 2006 17:02:35 UTC