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Re: specs in RDF/OWL, was: Re: Meta-somethingorother

• To: Jonathan Borden <jonathan@o...>
• Subject: Re: specs in RDF/OWL, was: Re: Meta-somethingorother
• From: Mark Baker <distobj@a...>
• Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:55:34 -0400
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 01:37:26PM -0400, Jonathan Borden wrote:
> >I don't know if those documents capture everything they could or not,
> >but at least some relationships between the specs are declared.  
> >
> For various reasons it is not possible to "capture everything" in OWL 

Hence "capture everything *they could*".  I'm fully aware of the
expressiveness limitations, meaning that I know they exist.  I just
couldn't tell you what they are. 8-)

> using *only* RDF/Schema. The way that OWL is actually defined as an 
> extension language of RDF is via the respective model theories. The "OWL 
> for OWL" (as it has been called) does, however, give a flavor of what 
> OWL is and how OWL relates to RDF.

Yup, thanks for confirming.

Mark.
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• References:
  • RE: Meta-somethingorother (was the semantic web mega-pe rmathread thing)
    • From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <len.bullard@i...>
  • RE: Meta-somethingorother (was the semantic web mega-pe rmathread thing)
    • From: "Paul Sumner Downey" <Paul.Downey@w...>
  • Re: Meta-somethingorother (was the semantic web mega-pe rmathread thing)
    • From: Mark Baker <distobj@a...>
  • specs in RDF/OWL, was: Re: Meta-somethingorother
    • From: Jonathan Borden <jonathan@o...>

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