Re: ISSUE-136 draft response

Looks good to me.

On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 05:02:30PM +0100, Sean Bechhofer wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here's a draft response to Michael on [ISSUE-136], let me know what you
> think. Note *this is just a draft, not the actual response* -- I'll
> wait for feedback from the WG before replying formally to
> Michael. (Michael if you're lurking on this list feel free to post your
> thoughts at any time.)
>
> 	Sean
>
>
> Dear Michael
>
> Thank you for your comments [1]:
>
> """
> I'm not clear how to express S12 in OWL, should this be intended. One  
> can use
> rdfs:Literal as the range, which would also contain all typed literals. 
> One can
> use xsd:string, which has at least a value space equivalent to the set of 
> plain
> literals, but this would require to have labels of the form "Hello
> World!"^^xsd:string.
>
> Note: Currently, there is some ongoing work (by the OWL and the RIF  
> working
> groups) on specifying a new data type "rdf:text", which denotes the set 
> of all
> internationalized plain tags. But, AFAIU, this datatype will /not/  
> contain those
> plain literals having /no/ language tag. Here is some text, which is  
> currently
> under development (so be careful, it's nothing official):
> <http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/InternationalizedStringSpec>.
> """
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> As you point out, there are some constraints in the SKOS data model that 
> we are unable to express in OWL (some of these /may/ be addressed by OWL 
> 2, but in the current SKOS specification we are avoiding reference to 
> work in progress). In such cases, the constraints are expressed in prose 
> in the document. Thus the lack of an OWL version of S12 is rather through 
> /necessity/ than intention.
>
> Statements to this effect are made in Section 1.7.1 of the LC draft. Do 
> you feel these are sufficient, or do we need to further elaborate this 
> point?
>
> As you point out, in this case it would be possible to approximate the 
> constraint -- this is a choice we have not made here. Are you willing to 
> live with the current status?
>
> [ISSUE-136] http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/track/issues/136
> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swd-wg/2008Sep/0044.html
>
> --
> Sean Bechhofer
> School of Computer Science
> University of Manchester
> sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk
> http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/people/bechhofer
>
>
>
>

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