- From: Bijan Parsia <bparsia@cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:20:39 +0000
- To: public-semweb-lifesci hcls <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
Hi folks, The OWL 2 working group has recently published last call working drafts of a whole slew of things (I include Sandro Hawke's announcement below) which cover the entire technical design of the language. We also posted first working drafts for some helpful documentation. The Primer has not (yet) been updated. Please review the design! This is the best chance to change it if it causes a problem for you or if you spot a bug or if you have an *easy* request. The Structural Specification has examples for *every* language feature, so is well worth perusing. Even if you love every last little bit, positive feedback is very helpful for determining consensus and moving forward. Cheers, Bijan. ========================================================== The W3C OWL Working Group has just published a set of eleven documents for public review. These documents cover "OWL 2", which is now fairly stable. This is a good time to review this work and send us comments (at public-owl-comments@w3.org). Comments received by 23 January will be answered and taken into account in the next round of publications. The group expects to issue the OWL 2 Candidatate Recommendations, with a call for implementations, shortly after that comment deadline. The documents are: 1. Structural Specification and Functional-Style Syntax http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-syntax-20081202/ 2. Direct Semantics http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-semantics-20081202/ 3. RDF-Based Semantics http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-rdf-based-semantics-20081202/ 4. Conformance and Test Cases http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-test-20081202/ 5. Mapping to RDF Graphs http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-mapping-to-rdf-20081202/ 6. XML Serialization http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-xml-serialization-20081202/ 7. Profiles http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-profiles-20081202/ 8. Quick Reference Guide http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-quick-reference-20081202/ 9. New Features and Rationale http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-new-features-20081202/ 10. Manchester Syntax http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-owl2-manchester-syntax-20081202/ 11. rdf:text: A Datatype for Internationalized Text http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-rdf-text-20081202/ Of these eleven documents: * The first seven are the core technical specification for OWL 2. Six of these now at "Last Call". This means the Working Group believes the design is done and that the only changes going forward will be editorial, along with certain items highlighted as "at risk" in the documents. The other one, "RDF-Based Semantics" (which specifies OWL 2 Full) is expected to proceed to Last Call shortly. * The "Quick Reference Guide" and "New Features and Rationale" will be a good place to start for many OWL users, these documents will be a good place to start. (A Primer is also being developed, and a earlier draft was published, but it has not yet been updated to account for the current state of the language.) * "Manchester Syntax" specifies an alternative syntax for OWL which some users prefer and some tools implement, but which is not required. * "rdf:text" specifies an XML datatype (developed jointly with the RIF Working Group) which provides a way to deal with RDF language-tagged literal strings without making them be a special case. Again, please send comments to public-owl-comments@w3.org by 23 January. Discussion on either of these lists is fine, but might not be seen by the Working Group. -- Sandro Hawke, W3C Staff Contact, OWL Working Group
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