Re: Moving forward from Peter F. Patel-Schneider on 2002-03-17 (www-webont-wg@w3.org from March 2002)

From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 06:09:05 -0500
To: jonathan@openhealth.org
Cc: www-webont-wg@w3.org
Message-Id: <20020317060905V.pfps@research.bell-labs.com>

From: "Jonathan Borden" <jonathan@openhealth.org>
Subject: Re: Moving forward
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:37:46 -0500

> 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

Pat's  solution, which  to  my knowledge  has  not shown  up anywhere  yet,
appears to  be to not  infer the existence  of any classes.  It  would thus
probably be very close to the Solipsistic idea proposed by Jeremy Carroll.

peter

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