Re: [On topic but unimportant] WOL/OWL

• From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
• Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:13:07 -0500 (EST)
• To: jon@spin.ie
• Cc: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
• Message-Id: <20021119.171307.46615144.pfps@research.bell-labs.com>

From: "Jon Hanna" <jon@spin.ie>
Subject: [On topic but unimportant] WOL/OWL
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:35:43 -0000

> 
> Actually, on the subject of OWL is the fact that the acronym for "Web
> Ontology Language" is OWL a Winnie-the-Pooh reference?

I do not believe that this was part of the genesis of the name ``OWL'', but
it did surface quite quickly thereafter.

peter

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