Re: Fwd: [webont-01] rdfcore issue 'rename schema'

* Jim Hendler <hendler@cs.umd.edu> [2003-06-25 20:10-0400]
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> >>From: Dan Brickley <danbri@w3.org>
> >>To: hendler@cs.umd.edu
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> >>Subject: [webont-01] rdfcore issue 'rename schema'
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> >>Jim,
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> >>Thanks for your comments in
> >>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-comments/2003JanMar/0335.html
> >>on RDFCore's RDFS document. This message is a response to one issue
> >>you raised there on behalf of WebOnt, namely the request that we change
> >>the name to omit the word 'schema'.
> >>
> >>After some discussion, both email, telecon and face to face amongst those
> >>of us who were at WWWW2003, the working group decided on June 6th[1] not 
> >>to
> >>accept this change. The cost of purging the phrase 'rdf schema' from use
> >>in our specs, in other W3C specifications, and from wider use is high. The
> >>working group did give serious consideration to making this change,
> >>but could not justify the cost given the stage we are at the development
> >>and deployment of this technology. As a result, we continue to
> >>use 'rdf schema' as the name for RDF Core's vocabulary description 
> >>language.
> >>
> >>Please reply to this message as to whether this response is
> >>satisfactory, copying www-rdf-comments@w3.org. Again, thank you for your
> >>comments.
> >>
> >>Dan
> >>
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> on behalf of the Web Ontology Working Group I accept this response as 
> satisfactory - there has been no opposition to it from the WG 
> following its posting.
>  -JH
> p.s. To avoid cross-posting, a copy of this note will also go to the 
> Web Ont WG list.


Thanks Jim, WebOnt.

Dan

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