- From: Ian Horrocks <horrocks@cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:32:56 +0100
- To: www-webont-wg@w3.org
Dear All, As you may have noticed from the discussion about testing, we are already in trouble within the WG because we have so far failed to resolve the central question of the semantics of the language. In particular, it really makes little sense to continue with work on developing a test suite until we know the meaning of the language we are supposed to be testing. Without a clear semantics, OWL is COMPLETELY USELESS. We have already experienced disagreements amongst members of the WG regarding their understanding of the meaning of OWL statements. If we can't agree, what chance is there for people outside the WG, much less for "agents" out on the web. Without agreement on the meaning of OWL statements, it is hard to see what utility the language can possibly have, or how we can expect people to start using it and building tools to support it. Now that we have done our duty regarding the generation of working documents, I believe that we should give TOP PRIORITY to resolving the outstanding issues regarding the semantics of the language. Regards, Ian
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