Re: TEST: Functional and InverseFunctional tests for approval

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> > I'm indeed not convinced about having
> > existentials in inference rule conclusions
> > (except for closed lists denoting sequences)
> >
> > -- ,
> > Jos De Roo, AGFA http://www.agfa.com/w3c/jdroo/
>
> Could you explain why you don't like existentials in inference rule
> conclusions?  (This is a real question, I don't understand why it should
> matter.)

right, quite simply because they require
(in any practical setup I've seen so far)
a rewrite with Skolem functions of the
univars under which scope they fall;
of course there could be solutions found
(one could e.g. use  ( :sf @uv ) :p :o .
with lists as term addresses or some such)
but we're not yet there (and maybe we shouldn't
be there taking the scope of this WG ???) 

-- ,
Jos De Roo, AGFA http://www.agfa.com/w3c/jdroo/

Received on Thursday, 5 September 2002 03:51:03 UTC