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WebOnt resolved to provide descriptions
of a full OWL Language along with a limited version of OWL called OWL Lite. |
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OWL Lite is contains a subset of
language constructors available in full OWL. |
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The hope for OWL Lite is that it
provides enough constructors that allow it to be useful to people needing
more than what the alternatives such as RDFS provide while simultaneously
containing few enough constructors to be simpler to implement, explain, and
maintain than full OWL. |
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This presentation provides a readout of
OWL Lite. The best published
documents covering OWL Lite include: |
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Feature Synopsis: http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-features/ |
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Reference: http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/ |
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Abstract syntax: http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-absyn/ |
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Guide
(soon): http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-guide/ |
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At the third face to face WebOnt
meeting in Amsterdam in April it was decided to explore a limited OWL
Language. |
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A subgroup (van Harmelen, Horrocks, ter
Horst, McGuinness, Patel-Schneider, Welty) met at KR 2002 in Toulouse to
agree on an initial proposal. |
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The proposal was circulated in May for
comments with the resulting updates(1,2). |
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Following the July WebOnt face to face meeting
at Stanford, the feature synopsis document was edited and comments
were actively requested publicly. |
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Status report presented of public
feedback at the October WebOnt face to face meeting in Bristol and decisions
made concerning OWL Lite’s existence and form. Summary of comments available.
McGuinness to publish an update to feature synopsis doc. |