“OWL 2″ is the Next Version of the Web Ontology Language
by Kendall Clark
The OWL WG is meeting in Washington, DC (well, Gaithersburg, actually—ick!) and, among many decisions reached today, has decided to name the next version of the Web Ontology Language “OWL 2”.
I’m excited by that decision in part because I think it will give the Semantic Web community and other groups of users, too, a new opportunity and reason to take a new, fresh look at OWL.
Tomorrow (4 April) is the last day; tonight is the traditional Working Group Dinner, which I’m especially looking forward to, since it’s being held at Dogfish Head Pub.
And, after a long day of spec-making, Beer is a Good Thing.





April 7th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Good to meet you at OWLED – hope you enjoy you’re well earned beer :)
So just to clarify…what we now commonly know as OWL1.1 has been relabelled OWL2.0, or will OWL2.0 be something different again?
April 7th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Good to meet you at OWLED – hope you enjoy you’re well earned beer :)
So just to clarify…what we now commonly know as OWL1.1 has been relabelled OWL2.0, or will OWL2.0 be something different again?
April 7th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Good to meet you at OWLED – hope you enjoy you’re well earned beer :)
So just to clarify…what we now commonly know as OWL1.1 has been relabelled OWL2.0, or will OWL2.0 be something different again?
April 7th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Good to meet you at OWLED – hope you enjoy you’re well earned beer :)
So just to clarify…what we now commonly know as OWL1.1 has been relabelled OWL2.0, or will OWL2.0 be something different again?
April 7th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Good to meet you at OWLED – hope you enjoy you’re well earned beer :)
So just to clarify…what we now commonly know as OWL1.1 has been relabelled OWL2.0, or will OWL2.0 be something different again?
April 7th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Good to meet you at OWLED – hope you enjoy you’re well earned beer :)
So just to clarify…what we now commonly know as OWL1.1 has been relabelled OWL2.0, or will OWL2.0 be something different again?
April 10th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Hi John,
Actually the next version will just be called “OWL 2”, not “OWL 2.0”. And it’s not that OWL 1.1 has been relabelled. It’s just that OWL 1.1 is the name of the OWLED-produced set of documents that were submitted to W3C to kick-start the OWL WG. They will always be called “OWL 1.1”.
Pellet 1.5.1 supports OWL 1.1.
But the next version of the standard, blessed by W3C eventually, will be called “OWL 2”. Some future version of Pellet will support that.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Hi John,
Actually the next version will just be called “OWL 2”, not “OWL 2.0”. And it’s not that OWL 1.1 has been relabelled. It’s just that OWL 1.1 is the name of the OWLED-produced set of documents that were submitted to W3C to kick-start the OWL WG. They will always be called “OWL 1.1”.
Pellet 1.5.1 supports OWL 1.1.
But the next version of the standard, blessed by W3C eventually, will be called “OWL 2”. Some future version of Pellet will support that.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Hi John,
Actually the next version will just be called “OWL 2”, not “OWL 2.0”. And it’s not that OWL 1.1 has been relabelled. It’s just that OWL 1.1 is the name of the OWLED-produced set of documents that were submitted to W3C to kick-start the OWL WG. They will always be called “OWL 1.1”.
Pellet 1.5.1 supports OWL 1.1.
But the next version of the standard, blessed by W3C eventually, will be called “OWL 2”. Some future version of Pellet will support that.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Hi John,
Actually the next version will just be called “OWL 2”, not “OWL 2.0”. And it’s not that OWL 1.1 has been relabelled. It’s just that OWL 1.1 is the name of the OWLED-produced set of documents that were submitted to W3C to kick-start the OWL WG. They will always be called “OWL 1.1”.
Pellet 1.5.1 supports OWL 1.1.
But the next version of the standard, blessed by W3C eventually, will be called “OWL 2”. Some future version of Pellet will support that.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Hi John,
Actually the next version will just be called “OWL 2”, not “OWL 2.0”. And it’s not that OWL 1.1 has been relabelled. It’s just that OWL 1.1 is the name of the OWLED-produced set of documents that were submitted to W3C to kick-start the OWL WG. They will always be called “OWL 1.1”.
Pellet 1.5.1 supports OWL 1.1.
But the next version of the standard, blessed by W3C eventually, will be called “OWL 2”. Some future version of Pellet will support that.
April 10th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Hi John,
Actually the next version will just be called “OWL 2”, not “OWL 2.0”. And it’s not that OWL 1.1 has been relabelled. It’s just that OWL 1.1 is the name of the OWLED-produced set of documents that were submitted to W3C to kick-start the OWL WG. They will always be called “OWL 1.1”.
Pellet 1.5.1 supports OWL 1.1.
But the next version of the standard, blessed by W3C eventually, will be called “OWL 2”. Some future version of Pellet will support that.