Re: English Rules Semantics for Authors and Users

> Hi Michael --
> 
> At 03:09 PM 6/28/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> People think databases but use OWL. 
> Now, this is a real semantic mismatch: people mean (and want!) one thing, 
> but get a completely different thing.
> 
> And, as I think you imply, they may not realize that what they got is not
> what they asked for.  

Not only that they don't get what they expect to their queries, but that
they have no simple way of stating what they want.


> That could be downright dangerous.

I suppose, if this thing drives air traffic control or railroad switches.


> An English author- and user-interface to a reasoning system can go a long
> way towards mitigating the problem, particularly if it can explain its
> reasoning in English. 

Yes, explanations are very important, but this issue is orthogonal to the
OWA/CWA debate.


	cheers
	  --michael  

> 
> (For folks who have not seen this before, there is a reasoning system
> with an open vocabulary English interface, online at the site below. 
> Non-commercial use is free.)
> 
>                            Cheers,   -- Adrian
>
>
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