- From: Aaron Swartz <aswartz@upclink.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:49:47 -0500
- To: RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
For those that don't know, the Web Ontology group has recently been chartered. http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/ I'm curious about the integration between our two groups. The "Web Ontology language" they're supposed to be defining seems rather similar to our RDF Schema. While the charter is careful to prevent duplication of work, I'm worried about confusing some RDF users. I can see several scenarios which I feel would not be useful or productive for RDF users: - Due to schedule changes on the part of either/both WGs the RDF Schema update and the WebOnt spec come out roughly at the same time. Users aren't sure which to go with. Further confusion could be caused if they come out with different names and the connection isn't clear. - The RDF Core Working Group publishes an RDF Schema draft that includes not only "Web Ontology"-style stuff, but also reification, containers, etc. WebOnt updates only part of that draft, making confused users hop back and forth between two documents, not sure which portions have been superceded. I'd like to propose a preventative solution to these problems: - RDF Core works on an "RDF Vocabularies" document, containing specification of type, reification, containers, etc. - RDF Core also resolves the open issues with RDF Schema and publishes it as a separate RDF Schema specification. All issues that propose new work (i.e. defining a vocabulary for XML Schema datatypes) should be the job of the WebOnt WG. - W3C makes it clear that the Web Ontology specification is the successor to the RDF Schema specification. RDF Schema is provided as a guide/correction for those who are using the current RDF Schema work. Web Ontology is a new version, which people should choose if they are beginning a new project or need to the new features. Thoughts? -- "Aaron Swartz" | The Semantic Web <mailto:me@aaronsw.com> | <http://logicerror.com/semanticWeb-long> <http://www.aaronsw.com/> | i'm working to make it happen
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