Re: specifying minimal datatypes without reference to "OWL Tools"

Peter, I suggested this editorial change a while back;
your co-editors agreed it was an improvement and
nobody has spoken against it.

It seems that you haven't gotten around to it yet.
The "OWL tools" text is still in

http://www-db.research.bell-labs.com/user/pfps/owl/semantics/syntax.html
last modified 07/23/03 14:20:31

Please do make the change or let us know why not.

On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 14:06, pat hayes wrote:
> >Hmm... I gather Peter is travelling.
> >
> >Meanwhile, I'd be interested to know if anybody
> >else agrees or disagrees that this is an improvement...
> 
> I agree it is, and also find the "OWL tool" reference jarring.
> 
> Pat
> 
> >
> >On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 09:37, Dan Connolly wrote:
> >>  Prompted by Martin's I18N questions, I found...
> >>
> >>  "OWL tools need only implement the datatypes xsd:integer and
> >>  xsd:string."
> >>    --
> >>  http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-semantics/syntax.html#owl_built_in_datatypes
> >>
> >>  What's an "OWL tool"? Let's specify the language
> >>  without reference to software.
> >>
> >>  In 3.1. Vocabularies and Interpretations,
> >>  please change the defintion of datatype theory
> >>  and/or Abstract OWL interpretation so that
> >>  integer and string have to be included in the
> >>  set of datatypes for every Abstract OWL interpretation.
> >>
> >>  And change OWL interpretation in 5.2. OWL Interpretations
> >>  likewise.
> >>
> >>  Then strike the "OWL tools..." bit in
> >>  section 2. Abstract Syntax.
> >
> >--
> >Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/

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