- From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:40:56 +0100
- To: patrick hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>, w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
Pat, <shortVersion>Cool. I like it. Why do we have to do it now? </shortversion> <pompousVersion> To the extent that I understand it, I like the new structure that is being proposed. It is intuitively appealing. I also thank you for your efforts in clarifying the proposal before the face to face meeting. I would like to see rapid comment on this idea from members of the WG. From procedural point of view, however, I am very concerned about introducing this into RDFCore at this late stage. The primary motivation for this work is addressing the layering problem. I can clearly see an argument that this problem is out of charter for this WG. That argument is strengthened when you tell us that this proposal introduces a new semantics that is exactly equivalent to what we have now. If this means that owl can be successfully layered on top, then I am absolutely delighted that we can proceed with our current semantics confident that the layering issue for owl, and other languages can be resolved. I am also concerned to ensure that the webont folks don't feel that they are the victim of a flanking manoeuvre, where discussion of an issue of considerable import to them gets moved to another forum. I am very keen to ensure that this promising work gets properly explored and discussed and will extend my efforts to ensure that happens in a proper manner. However, the WG's current priorities are to get done with its current work. May I remind everyone we are out of time. Whilst I could be persuaded that the proper course for us is to address this now, I have seen no argument to justify that. Whilst I will be guided as usual by the WG, I am currently minded to rule this out of scope and in that light, your efforts might be best employed completing work on the current model theory. </pompousVersion> Brian
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