- From: Shuji Kamitsuna <ax2s-kmtn@asahi-net.or.jp>
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 23:32:01 +0900
- To: Deborah McGuinness <dlm@ksl.stanford.edu>
- Cc: Frank van Harmelen <Frank.van.Harmelen@cs.vu.nl>, w3c-translators@w3.org
Dear Deborah McGuinness, Frank van Harmelen and others This is Shuji Kamitsuna from Japan again. I put the Japanese version of "Feature Synopsis" on my website. The URL is: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ax2s-kmtn/internet/owl-features-20020729.html If you are interested, I also translated "Requirements" and the URL is: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ax2s-kmtn/internet/webont-req-20020708.html Best regards Deborah McGuinness wrote: >I would also like to thank you for your work on translation. >I would be interested in having a pointer to the final translated work so that >we may also pass it on to our japanese colleagues. > >thank you, >deborah > >Frank van Harmelen wrote: > > > >>Dear Shuji Kamitsuna, >> >>I will answer your concrete questions below. I trust that you are also aware >>that the "Feature Synopsis" has been revised significantly since July'02? >>It is now called "Overview", see http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/ for a >>pointer to the latest version, in particular >>http://www.ksl.stanford.edu/people/dlm/webont/OWLOverview.htm ) >> >>Concerning your concrete questions: >> >> >> >>># 1 - Section 3.1 >>> >>>"OWL can be viewed as an extension of a restricted view of the >>>RDF language." >>> >>>I guess this sentence means... >>> >>>"It could be said that OWL is the language to extend the restricted >>>part of the RDF language". >>> >>>Do I get it right? >>> >>> >>Indeed, although using "a" as the particle would be somewhat better: >> >>"It could be said that OWL is a language that extends a restricted >>part of the RDF language". >> >> >> >>># 2 - Section 3.3, as for "TransitiveProperty" >>> >>>"The same DAML+OIL side conditions hold that restrict transitive >>>properties (and their superproperties) from having an atmost1 or >>>an exactly1 restriction." >>> >>>I guess this sentence means... >>> >>>"The same DAML+OIL side conditions that restrict transitive >>>properties (and their superproperties) hold from having an >>>atmost1 or an exactly1 restriction." >>> >>>That is... >>> >>>"In the same condition, DAML+OIL may not allow transitive >>>properties (and their superproperties) to have an atmost1 or an >>>exactly1 restriction." >>> >>>Do I get it right? >>> >>> >>Yes, this last formulation is exactly right. >> >> >> >>># 4 - Section 3.3, as for "oneOf" >>> >>>"From this a reasoner could deduce the maximum cardinality (7) >>>of any property that has daysOfTheWeek as its allValuesFrom >>>restriction." >>> >>>I guess this sentence means... >>> >>>"From this a reasoner could deduce the maximum cardinality of >>>any property that has daysOfTheWeek as its allValuesFrom >>>restriction is 7" >>> >>>Do I get it right? >>> >>> >>Again exactly right. >> >>Thank you for your efforts in communicating our work to others, >> >>Frank.van.Harmelen@cs.vu.nl http://www.cs.vu.nl/~frankh >>Department of AI, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam >>de Boelelaan 1081a, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands >>tel (+31)-20-444 7731/7700 fax (+31)-84-221 4294 >> >> > >-- > Deborah L. McGuinness > Knowledge Systems Laboratory > Gates Computer Science Building, 2A Room 241 > Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-9020 > email: dlm@ksl.stanford.edu > URL: http://ksl.stanford.edu/people/dlm > (voice) 650 723 9770 (stanford fax) 650 725 5850 (computer fax) 801 705 >0941 > > > > > -- ******************* KAMITSUNA, Shuji. ax2s-kmtn@asahi-net.or.jp http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ax2s-kmtn/
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