On 2/27/07, Ivan Herman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Indeed: I know that DC has not considered using OWL at the moment.
> However, it might be a good idea to slightly think a bit ahead: what if
> either DC or some other organization would like to use the DC terms in
> an OWL, more exactly in an OWL-DL setting? This may sound far fetched at
> first glance, but again may not be that impossible. After all, as I
> remarked already at some point, the Dublin Core terms have become
> ubiquitous on the Semantic Web (you are the victims of your own
> success:-), and if people want to build up more formal ontologies, they
> may well want to include DC terms.
Yes, FWIW, I don't see it as far-fetched at all.
Bruce
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