q The products of the WebONT group should not presuppose any
particular approach to either ontology design or ontology use. In
addition, the language must support the development and linking
of ontologies together, in a web-like manner.
q The products of this working group must be supported by a
formal semantics allowing language designers, tool builders, and
other "experts" to be able to precisely understand the meaning
and "legal" inferences for expressions in the language.
q The language will use the XML syntax and datatypes wherever
possible, and will be designed for maximum compatibility with
XML and RDF language conventions.
Full Charter available:  http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/charter