15:52:12 RRSAgent has joined #rif 15:52:12 logging to http://www.w3.org/2008/12/09-rif-irc 15:52:17 zakim, this will be rif 15:52:17 ok, ChrisW; I see SW_RIF()11:00AM scheduled to start in 8 minutes 15:52:23 Chair: Chris Welty 15:52:38 Meeting: RIF Telecon 9-Dec-08 15:52:55 Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0058.html 15:53:06 ChrisW has changed the topic to: 9 Dec RIF Telecon Agenda http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0058.html 15:53:19 rrsagent, make minutes 15:53:19 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2008/12/09-rif-minutes.html ChrisW 15:53:30 rrsagent, make logs public 16:00:04 Harold has joined #rif 16:00:19 josb has joined #rif 16:01:18 SW_RIF()11:00AM has now started 16:01:26 + +39.047.101.aaaa 16:01:42 StellaMitchell has joined #rif 16:01:53 +[IBM] 16:02:10 zakim, ibm is temporarily me 16:02:10 +ChrisW; got it 16:02:52 +[IBM] 16:02:55 zakim, ibm is temporarily me 16:02:55 +StellaMitchell; got it 16:03:42 agenda+ Admin 16:03:55 agenda+ Liason 16:04:01 agenda+ Public Comments 16:04:05 agenda+ Actions 16:04:10 agenda+ F2F12 16:04:13 agenda+ UCR 16:04:18 csma has joined #rif 16:04:19 agenda+ Publication plans 16:04:30 agenda+ DTB 16:04:35 agenda+ Test cases 16:04:38 agenda+ AOB 16:04:41 Hassan has joined #rif 16:04:44 +Hassan_Ait-Kaci 16:05:14 Gary_Hallmark has joined #rif 16:05:29 gary, can you scribe today? 16:05:33 +Christian 16:05:40 LeoraMorgenstern has joined #rif 16:05:43 yes, I can scribe 16:05:46 tnx 16:05:48 zakim, mute me 16:05:48 sorry, csma, I do not know which phone connection belongs to you 16:05:51 zakim, who is on the phone? 16:05:51 On the phone I see josb, ChrisW, StellaMitchell, Hassan_Ait-Kaci (muted), Christian 16:06:01 + +1.503.533.aabb 16:06:04 zakim, Christian is csma 16:06:04 +csma; got it 16:06:08 zakim, christian is me 16:06:10 sorry, csma, I do not recognize a party named 'christian' 16:06:12 + +1.212.781.aacc 16:06:15 zakim, aabb is me 16:06:15 +Gary; got it 16:06:21 zakim, aacc is me 16:06:21 +LeoraMorgenstern; got it 16:06:22 Scribe: Gary 16:06:26 thanks, Gary 16:06:27 zakim, Christian is me 16:06:27 sorry, csma, I do not recognize a party named 'Christian' 16:06:40 zakim, who is on the phone? 16:06:41 On the phone I see josb, ChrisW, StellaMitchell, Hassan_Ait-Kaci (muted), csma, Gary, LeoraMorgenstern 16:06:45 +Sandro 16:06:57 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/att-0023/2-Dec-2008-rif-minutes.html 16:07:04 PROPOSED: Accept last week's minutes 16:07:08 zakim, mute me 16:07:08 csma should now be muted 16:07:12 RESOLVED: Accept last week's minutes 16:07:29 zakim, next item 16:07:29 agendum 1. "Admin" taken up [from ChrisW] 16:07:30 zakim, unmute me 16:07:30 csma should no longer be muted 16:07:36 zakim, close item 1 16:07:36 agendum 1, Admin, closed 16:07:37 I see 9 items remaining on the agenda; the next one is 16:07:40 2. Liason [from ChrisW] 16:07:46 zakim, next item 16:07:46 agendum 2. "Liason" taken up [from ChrisW] 16:08:19 zakim, mute me 16:08:19 csma should now be muted 16:08:36 sandro has joined #rif 16:09:22 scheduled telcon Thursday noon EST about OWL and RIF to discuss common issues, e.g. OWL compatability, DTB, and OWL RL rules profile, and rdf:text 16:09:38 + +43.158.801.3aadd 16:10:10 Jos: OWL 2 compatability will not require much change, but would need to redo last call 16:10:51 ... 5 subproposals to decide on 16:10:59 zakim, list agenda 16:10:59 I see 9 items remaining on the agenda: 16:11:00 2. Liason [from ChrisW] 16:11:00 3. Public Comments [from ChrisW] 16:11:02 4. Actions [from ChrisW] 16:11:02 5. F2F12 [from ChrisW] 16:11:03 6. UCR [from ChrisW] 16:11:03 7. Publication plans [from ChrisW] 16:11:04 8. DTB [from ChrisW] 16:11:05 9. Test cases [from ChrisW] 16:11:07 10. AOB [from ChrisW] 16:11:30 Sandro: OWL last call drafts published (except OWL Full) 16:12:00 zakim, close item 2 16:12:00 agendum 2, Liason, closed 16:12:02 I see 8 items remaining on the agenda; the next one is 16:12:03 3. Public Comments [from ChrisW] 16:12:10 zakim, take up item 4 16:12:10 agendum 4. "Actions" taken up [from ChrisW] 16:12:35 yes 16:13:27 action: chris to confirm axel's participation for owl telecon 16:13:27 Created ACTION-670 - Confirm axel's participation for owl telecon [on Christopher Welty - due 2008-12-16]. 16:14:48 zakim, unmute me 16:14:48 csma should no longer be muted 16:16:11 Hassan and Michael reviewed PRD, thank you! 16:16:58 Scribe note: consult action tracker for latest action status 16:20:00 Hassan will need til after the Holiday's to debug some complex translator issues 16:20:17 s/y's/ys 16:20:34 zakim, list agenda 16:20:34 I see 8 items remaining on the agenda: 16:20:35 3. Public Comments [from ChrisW] 16:20:36 4. Actions [from ChrisW] 16:20:37 5. F2F12 [from ChrisW] 16:20:40 6. UCR [from ChrisW] 16:20:42 zakim, close item 4 16:20:44 7. Publication plans [from ChrisW] 16:20:48 8. DTB [from ChrisW] 16:20:48 zakim, take up item 7 16:20:52 9. Test cases [from ChrisW] 16:20:54 10. AOB [from ChrisW] 16:21:02 agendum 4, Actions, closed 16:21:06 I see 7 items remaining on the agenda; the next one is 16:21:08 3. Public Comments [from ChrisW] 16:21:14 agendum 7. "Publication plans" taken up [from ChrisW] 16:21:31 # PROPOSED: Replace in UCR the requirement on Rule language coverage by the following statement: Because of the great diversity of rule languages, no one interchange language is likely to be able to bridge between all. Instead, RIF provides dialects which are each targeted at a cluster of similar rule languages. RIF must allow intra-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperability between semantically similar rule languages (via interchange of RIF rules) within one 16:21:38 PROPOSED: Replace in UCR the requirement on Rule language coverage by the following statement: Because of the great diversity of rule languages, no one interchange language is likely to be able to bridge between all. Instead, RIF provides dialects which are each targeted at a cluster of similar rule languages. RIF must allow intra-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperability between semantically similar rule languages (via interchange of RIF rules) within one di 16:22:18 zakim, unmute me 16:22:19 csma was not muted, csma 16:22:31 5.1.6 Rule language coverage 16:22:31 Because of the great diversity of rule languages, no one interchange language is likely to be able to bridge between all. Instead, RIF provides dialects which are each targeted at a cluster of similar rule languages. Within that cluster, each feature of each rule language will have some degree of commonality with corresponding features of other rule languages in that cluster. The RIF dialect targeting a cluster must support, at a minimum, interchange of rules us 16:22:31 ing all the features which are common to all the major rule languages in that cluster. 16:22:41 sandro: above proposal in UCR in 5.1.2 16:22:53 5.1.6 actually 16:22:57 s/1.2/1.6 16:25:02 chrisw: do we want a new coverage requirement and what wording shall we use? 16:25:07 Michael_Kifer has joined #rif 16:26:09 + +1.631.833.aaee 16:26:22 zakim, aaee is me 16:26:22 +Michael_Kifer; got it 16:26:34 zakim, mute me 16:26:34 Michael_Kifer should now be muted 16:27:10 csma: instead of new req about inter-dialect compatability, we modify the existing req to be about intra- and inter-dialect compatability 16:27:42 full test: # PROPOSED: Replace in UCR the requirement on Rule language coverage by the following statement: Because of the great diversity of rule languages, no one interchange language is likely to be able to bridge between all. Instead, RIF provides dialects which are each targeted at a cluster of similar rule languages. RIF must allow intra-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperability between semantically similar rule languages (via interchange of RIF rules 16:27:42 ) within one dialect, and it should support inter-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperation between dialects with maximum overlap. 16:27:54 s/test/text 16:28:21 # PROPOSED: Replace in UCR the requirement on Rule language coverage by the following statement: Because of the great diversity of rule languages, no one interchange language is likely to be able to bridge between all. Instead, RIF provides dialects which are each targeted at a cluster of similar rule languages. RIF must allow intra-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperability between semantically similar rule languages (via interchange of RIF rules) within on 16:28:22 e dialect, and it should support inter-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperation between dialects with maximum overlap. 16:28:37 # PROPOSED: Replace in UCR the requirement on Rule language coverage by the following statement: Because of the great diversity of rule languages, no one interchange language is likely to be able to bridge between all. Instead, RIF provides dialects which are each targeted at a cluster of similar rule languages. RIF must allow intra-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperability between semantically similar rule languages (via interchange of RIF rules) within on 16:28:37 e dialect, and it should support inter-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperation between dialects with maximum overlap. 16:28:57 PROPOSED: Replace in UCR the requirement on Rule language coverage by the following statement: Because of the great diversity of rule languages, no one interchange language is likely to be able to bridge between all. Instead, RIF provides dialects which are each targeted at a cluster of similar rule languages. RIF must allow intra-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperability between semantically similar rule languages (via interchange of RIF rules) within one d 16:28:57 ialect, and it should support inter-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperation between dialects with maximum overlap. 16:29:02 _+1 16:29:03 +1 16:29:31 no objection to this change 16:29:32 RESOLVED: Replace in UCR the requirement on Rule language coverage by the following statement: Because of the great diversity of rule languages, no one interchange language is likely to be able to bridge between all. Instead, RIF provides dialects which are each targeted at a cluster of similar rule languages. RIF must allow intra-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperability between semantically similar rule languages (via interchange of RIF rules) within one d 16:29:32 ialect, and it should support inter-dialect interoperation, i.e. interoperation between dialects with maximum overlap. 16:30:08 PROPOSED: Publish http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/UCR as WD, given the above change 16:30:17 +1 (W3C) 16:30:20 +1 (NRC) 16:30:25 +1 (ILOG) 16:30:29 +1 self 16:30:32 +1 (FUB) 16:30:35 +1 (Oracle) 16:30:35 + 1 (IBM) (I'm assuming this is not last call for UCR) 16:30:44 RRSAgent, pointer 16:30:44 See http://www.w3.org/2008/12/09-rif-irc#T16-30-44 16:30:48 zakim, mute me 16:30:48 csma should now be muted 16:30:55 zakim, who is here? 16:30:55 On the phone I see josb, ChrisW, StellaMitchell, Hassan_Ait-Kaci (muted), csma (muted), Gary, LeoraMorgenstern, Sandro, +43.158.801.3aadd, Michael_Kifer (muted) 16:30:58 On IRC I see Michael_Kifer, sandro, LeoraMorgenstern, Gary, Hassan, csma, StellaMitchell, josb, Harold, RRSAgent, Zakim, ChrisW, trackbot 16:31:11 RESOLVED: Publish http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/UCR as WD, given the above change 16:32:19 X^P 16:32:36 AdrianP has joined #rif 16:33:13 leora: missing Core editors notes 16:33:58 ... in 3 or 4 places in the Core draft 16:34:04 +??P1 16:34:14 Zakim, ??P1 is me 16:34:14 +AdrianP; got it 16:34:38 Zakim, mute me 16:34:38 AdrianP should now be muted 16:35:07 -AdrianP 16:35:22 ... will draft email about missing editors notes NOW 16:35:49 zakim, unmute me 16:35:49 csma should no longer be muted 16:37:22 csma: some PRD edits yet to be done. Will consolidate into one list so we can vote 16:37:38 +??P1 16:37:58 AdrianP has joined #rif 16:38:20 jos: DTB has one pending change 16:38:26 -??P1 16:38:52 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0045.html 16:40:23 PROPOSED: publish DTB as a next WD after changes listed in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0045.html 16:40:54 DTB change is editorial clarification about argument type checking 16:40:59 +1 (FUB) 16:41:06 +1 (ILOG) 16:41:12 +1 (Oracle) 16:41:18 +1 (W3C) 16:41:26 +1 (IBM) 16:41:45 RRSAgent, pointer? 16:41:45 See http://www.w3.org/2008/12/09-rif-irc#T16-41-45 16:41:59 +1 (NRC) 16:42:12 +1 16:42:27 RESOLVED: publish DTB as a next WD after changes listed in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0045.html 16:43:01 zakim, take up item 5 16:43:03 agendum 5. "F2F12" taken up [from ChrisW] 16:44:39 ACTION: sandro to make teleconf reservation for F2F12 16:44:39 Created ACTION-671 - Make teleconf reservation for F2F12 [on Sandro Hawke - due 2008-12-16]. 16:45:13 zakim, take up item 8 16:45:13 agendum 8. "DTB" taken up [from ChrisW] 16:45:21 zakim, take up item 9 16:45:21 agendum 9. "Test cases" taken up [from ChrisW] 16:45:49 http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/Category:Proposed 16:46:45 chrisw: let's start from W for alphabetic equality 16:47:12 http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/UCR_4.7a 16:47:59 stella: UCR 4.7a 16:48:18 ... demonstrate ontology + rules for greater expressiveness 16:50:09 chrisw: repair URL to delete google cache part 16:50:27 q+ 16:50:29 ... in SeeAlso part 16:52:31 sandro: should include RDF XML 16:53:01 ... "real world" examples tend to be very big 16:53:32 ... link to separate file containing RDF XML 16:54:11 chrisw: could remove unused parts of ontology 16:56:12 chrisw: can we assume a translator from more readable OWL presentation syntax to normative RDF XML? 16:57:34 BTW: Stella - the link http://example.org/testOntology.owl is stale (on UCR 4.7a) 16:58:23 sandro: requiring an OWL translator for RIF test cases might be too burdensome 16:59:12 chrisw: how to summarize this discussion on test case page? 16:59:16 RRSAgent, pointer? 16:59:16 See http://www.w3.org/2008/12/09-rif-irc#T16-59-16 16:59:53 sandro: link to minutes using RRSAgent pointer 17:00:26 it might also be OWL 2.0; not sure 17:00:30 chrisw: should use OWL 1.0 or 2.0 syntax, not 1.1 17:02:52 sandro: OWL abstract syntax is not machine parsable (in a standard way) 17:03:52 q- 17:04:03 ... a Java API for OWL parsing (called OWL API) may be needed here 17:04:46 chrisw: in favor of using functional OWL syntax, but we need a translator 17:05:30 action: sandro to send email to OWL wg asking about tooling for "functional syntax" 17:05:30 Created ACTION-672 - Send email to OWL wg asking about tooling for \"functional syntax\" [on Sandro Hawke - due 2008-12-16]. 17:05:34 action: sandro check on software for parsing OWL2 Functional Syntax, for use with test cases like http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/UCR_4.7a 17:05:34 Created ACTION-673 - Check on software for parsing OWL2 Functional Syntax, for use with test cases like http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/UCR_4.7a [on Sandro Hawke - due 2008-12-16]. 17:05:45 action-672 closed 17:05:45 ACTION-672 Send email to OWL wg asking about tooling for "functional syntax" closed 17:06:03 http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/UCR_4.1a 17:06:08 test case UCR 4.1a 17:07:09 stella: this example has guard predicates 17:08:35 chrisw: issue of what document is the conclusion in 17:09:00 it is not in a document 17:09:58 sandro: should endorse transforming conclusion to a condition in same doc as premise 17:10:12 q+ 17:10:33 ... could even have a bundle of test cases in single document 17:10:57 PASSED() :- 17:11:02 q+ 17:11:51 hassan: similar issue to Prolog's default USER file 17:12:19 q- 17:12:26 q- 17:12:30 zakim, unmute me 17:12:30 csma was not muted, csma 17:12:56 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0067.html 17:13:15 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0066.html 17:13:27 PROPOSED: Publish next WD of CORE pending changes in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0067.html 17:14:21 zakim, unmute me 17:14:21 Michael_Kifer should no longer be muted 17:14:36 csma: some of Hassan's comments really are about BLD, and PRD will wait for their resoution in BLD before uptaking them 17:16:04 hassan: most of the substance boils down to "taste", and we should acknowledge that 17:16:46 michael: unusual mention "taste" in a standards doc 17:16:59 s/mention/to mention/ 17:17:14 zakim, mute me 17:17:16 Michael_Kifer should now be muted 17:18:00 PROPOSED: Publish Core as WD with changes detailed in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0067.html 17:18:02 PROPOSED: Publish next WD of CORE pending changes in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0067.html 17:18:05 back to Core 17:18:21 Editorial changes done. 17:18:29 Eds notes TBD. 17:18:50 +1 (FUB) 17:18:54 +1 (IBM) 17:18:55 +1 (Oracle) 17:18:55 +1 (ILOG) 17:18:57 +1 (W3C) 17:19:01 RRSAgent, pointer? 17:19:01 See http://www.w3.org/2008/12/09-rif-irc#T17-19-01 17:19:07 +1 (self) 17:19:15 +1 (NRC) 17:19:23 RESOLVED: Publish next WD of CORE pending changes in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0067.html 17:19:34 now PRD 17:19:41 PROPOSED: Publish next WD of PRD pending changes in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0066.html 17:19:46 +1 (ILOG) 17:20:00 +1 (W3C) 17:20:02 +1 (FUB) 17:20:04 RRSAgent, pointer? 17:20:04 See http://www.w3.org/2008/12/09-rif-irc#T17-20-04 17:20:12 +1 (Oracle) 17:20:36 +1 (IBM) 17:20:39 +1 (NRC) 17:20:55 +1 17:21:04 RESOLVED: Publish next WD of PRD pending changes in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2008Dec/0066.html 17:21:19 -csma 17:21:32 back to test cases 17:22:07 PASSED() :- 17:22:40 jos: the proposal to add a rule doesn't work because of local name separation, but you could put the added rule in an imported doc 17:23:05 http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/Local_Constant 17:23:11 Yes Jos is right - this is exactly what I meant with the "USER" level import 17:23:14 - +43.158.801.3aadd 17:23:15 -josb 17:23:26 I was dropped 17:23:28 will redail 17:23:44 zakim, unmute me 17:23:44 Michael_Kifer should no longer be muted 17:24:09 +josb 17:24:19 michael: need a protocol that supports query 17:24:44 + +43.158.801.3aaff 17:24:56 ... like Hassan mentioned, the interactive session in prolog 17:25:42 -josb 17:25:43 - +43.158.801.3aaff 17:25:55 The issue is one of module scoping - plain and simple (nested name spaces) 17:26:08 chrisw: the test cases make one wonder where the prefixes in the conclusion come from 17:26:23 + +039047101aagg 17:26:38 I suspect there is a problem with the bridge in France; will try the one in Britain 17:26:59 + +43.12.aahh 17:27:05 q+ 17:27:23 http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/UCR_4.1a 17:27:25 chrisw: in test cases, the premise is a document, but what is the conclusion? 17:27:42 Jos, I had the same problem with the French bridge: dropped twice. 17:28:07 Chris: A Test-Case-Conclusion is a Rule-Condition 17:28:08 ... a test case conclusion is a rule condition. confusing but true 17:28:15 q? 17:28:41 hassan: issue is module scoping 17:28:42 q+ 17:29:50 ... prefixes are related to imports and module scoping 17:30:03 chrisw: no, more like a macro expansion 17:30:11 q- 17:30:33 sometimes conclusions need prefixes that are not in the premise 17:30:54 jos: propose to simply document that conclusions can use prefixes from premise 17:31:01 then these should be added in the premise, at least on the wiki 17:31:10 ... and in the XML, the prefixes are expanded anywhay 17:31:22 s/anywhay/anyway/ 17:31:41 chrisw: can we have a solution that does not change the BLD spec? 17:31:53 michael: but notion of query is fundamental to logic rules 17:31:56 -Michael_Kifer 17:32:00 -LeoraMorgenstern 17:32:01 zakim, list attendees 17:32:02 -StellaMitchell 17:32:02 -josb 17:32:03 As of this point the attendees have been +39.047.101.aaaa, josb, ChrisW, StellaMitchell, Hassan_Ait-Kaci, +1.503.533.aabb, csma, +1.212.781.aacc, Gary, LeoraMorgenstern, Sandro, 17:32:08 ... +43.158.801.3aadd, +1.631.833.aaee, Michael_Kifer, AdrianP, +43.158.801.3aaff, +039047101aagg, +43.12.aahh 17:32:10 -Hassan_Ait-Kaci 17:32:10 - +43.12.aahh 17:32:25 Regrets: AdrianPaschke DaveReynolds MohamedZergaoui PaulVincent 17:32:30 rrsagent, make minutes 17:32:30 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2008/12/09-rif-minutes.html ChrisW 17:32:47 -Gary 17:32:55 zakim, who is on the call? 17:32:55 On the phone I see ChrisW, Sandro 17:46:56 -ChrisW 17:46:57 SW_RIF()11:00AM has ended 17:46:58 Attendees were +39.047.101.aaaa, josb, ChrisW, StellaMitchell, Hassan_Ait-Kaci, +1.503.533.aabb, csma, +1.212.781.aacc, Gary, LeoraMorgenstern, Sandro, +43.158.801.3aadd, 17:47:01 ... +1.631.833.aaee, Michael_Kifer, AdrianP, +43.158.801.3aaff, +039047101aagg, +43.12.aahh