- From: Frank Manola <fmanola@mitre.org>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:58:47 -0400
- To: seth@robustai.net
- Cc: "www-rdf-comments@w3.org" <www-rdf-comments@w3.org>, "Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com" <Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com>, Pat Hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
I expect monotony will always be preserved anywhere there are people. Monotonicity, however, is another question. --Frank Seth Russell wrote: > > Re: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2002Oct/0067.html > > Where Patrick Stickler says: > > "This either seems non-monotonic" ... > > This unwritten law that states that logic on the semantic web must > always be non-monotonic is getting to sound more like a religious > incantation than a pragmatic rule of thumb. Personally I think it is > time to examine this liturgy in the light of day. Can anyone show me > how you expect to always preserve monotony in a world where new > knowledge can be discovered, facts can change, and anybody can say > anything about anything ? > > Pertinent graphs: > http://robustai.net/mentography/monotonic.gif > Incidentally, Guha, did I get the graph right? > > Seth Russell > http://radio.weblogs.com/0113759/ -- Frank Manola The MITRE Corporation 202 Burlington Road, MS A345 Bedford, MA 01730-1420 mailto:fmanola@mitre.org voice: 781-271-8147 FAX: 781-271-8752
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