RE: Where DAML+OIL deviates from the RDF-Schema spec.

> From: Dan Brickley [mailto:danbri@w3.org]
> I agree with [2] and [3], and could live with [1]. My main 
> concern w.r.t.
> using loops in the class and property hierarchies to indicate 
> synonyms is
> with end-user comprehensibility and with user interface 
> generation.

I suspect you end up having to implement loop detection in many systems
anyway.  Speaking from experience, provided you know you have to do it it's
not a huge overhead for UI generation.  As for end-user comprehensibility, I
also suspect [and hope] that most users will have editor assistance for any
hierarchy that is complex enough to include loops.

Just my (possibly overly complacent) 0.02 Euro,

		- Peter

Received on Thursday, 1 March 2001 14:17:59 UTC