- From: Jonathan Borden <jonathan@openhealth.org>
- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:37:46 -0500
- To: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
- Cc: <www-webont-wg@w3.org>
Peter, Could you bear with me for the moment. Much of this discussion has been in a technical language which I am at best partially familiar with. When you say "Pat's solution" which particular response to the interchange contains this "solution". I presume that since we are still discussion this, that you have concerns about this. Is this "solution" acceptable, and in your opinion what are the downsides? I am still having trouble understanding what the "informal" changes are and how to evaluate the "cost" of such changes. Jonathan > > > Peter, > > > > > A third way to go would be to > > > 1/ give up on a theory of classes > > > This *would* result in a viable solution. The change to DAML+OIL would be > > > very small, formally, but, informally > > > 2/ the role of classes would change > > > > Could you elaborate? What are the implications? That is to say, this seems > > attractive but perhaps I am missing something obvious, or perhaps I am > > misreading "give up on _a_ theory of classes" which seems to suggest that > > _another_ theory of classes can be used. Isn't a "very small" formal change > > what we are looking for? > > > > Jonathan > > Well this would be something like Pat's solution. > > peter > >
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