- From: Frank Manola <fmanola@mitre.org>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 07:47:38 -0500
- To: Patrick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
- CC: bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com, RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
Patrick Stickler wrote: > snip > > The recent message from the DAML folks requests both explicit (local) > and implicit (global) data typing, but does not say whether both are > required to coexist in the same knowledge base. > > Could this please be clarified? > > I am assuming that both local and global mechanisms must be able to coexist, > but it would be useful if this were stated explicitly. > I am assuming the need for coexistence as well, because it's not clear how you would go about defining the "knowledge base" idea that would allow you to successfully limit the types to one mechanism or the other. --Frank -- Frank Manola The MITRE Corporation 202 Burlington Road, MS A345 Bedford, MA 01730-1420 mailto:fmanola@mitre.org voice: 781-271-8147 FAX: 781-271-875
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