- From: Jim Hendler <jhendler@darpa.mil>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 04:31:50 -0400
- To: Drew McDermott <drew.mcdermott@yale.edu>, www-rdf-logic@w3.org
>or representing information > in the WWW. > >For the record, since Pat Hayes seems to playing Don Quixote all by >himself in this discussion, let me say that I agree with about 95% of >what he says, and Peter probably does too. The only reason we haven't >jumped in earlier is that we have said it all before. > >I do think we owe the group a concrete proposal for fixing RDF/DAML. >I made such a proposal >(http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/dvm/daml/proposal.html), >and am now rethinking it. The most urgent change is to get rid of the >triples idea; then most of the pressure for reification will vanish. > > -- Drew McDermott Let's be clear that Drew doesn't speak for all us ontologists when he recommends getting rid of the triples - some of us (me included) think that it is very useful to be based on RDF and triples rather than inventing something new just for the sake of doing so... -JH -- Prof. James Hendler Program Manager DARPA/ISO 703-696-2238 (phone) 3701 N. Fairfax Dr. 703-696-2201 (Fax) Arlington, VA 22203 jhendler@darpa.mil
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