[topicmapmail] Latest RM?

Peter P. Jones ppj@concept67.fsnet.co.uk
Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:31:27 -0000


On 30 Oct 2003 at 3:41, Murray Altheim wrote:

[...]
> 
> Since I made public my reservations about the RM, I should also say
> that I share Jack's enthusiasm for where it is heading. When I said
> that I thought that it was "heading into KR territory", that is
> because quite a number of the relationship types in my opinion look to
> be, and *should* be, based upon a logical core. And I should also
> state that it would please me to no end if the RM *could* support KR
> (I've been working towards that goal myself for several years now, as
> some of you know).
> 
Hi Murray,

Could you elaborate for me (and maybe others) what you mean by 
logical core as the basis for relationships?

Is the translation between assertion types and a logical 
representation not straightforward?

-- 
Peter