- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: 16 Jun 2003 12:05:35 -0500
- To: Guus Schreiber <schreiber@cs.vu.nl>
- Cc: Jeff Heflin <heflin@cse.lehigh.edu>, Jim Hendler <hendler@cs.umd.edu>, "Smith, Michael K" <michael.smith@eds.com>, WebOnt <www-webont-wg@w3.org>
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 10:08, Guus Schreiber wrote: [...] > > "Note that the importing a document is different than creating a > > namespace reference. owl:imports do not set up a shorthand notation for > > names as does a namespace reference. On the other hand, the namespace > > reference does not imply that all (or even any) ontological terms from > > that namespace are being imported. Oops! I must have missed that earlier. Yes, namespace declarations do imply that ontological terms are being imported! At least in the tools that I build, they do. I don't mind if the WG doesn't endorse that position, but I do mind if the WG specifies that it's not so. Please strike that text. > > Therefore, it is common to have a > > corresponding namespace declaration for any ontology that is > > imported." -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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