[SCL] new draft

[John F. Sowa]

Pat,

The latest (Dec 19) draft looks much better, but
I haven't yet had a chance to study it in detail.

However, the use of the word "ontology" as a synonym
for any set of sentences still sets my teeth on edge.
I agree with you that many people use it as a meaningless
buzz word -- but just for that reason it is likely to
become obsolete as soon as the latest bubble (i.e. the
so-called semantic web) pops.

I really wish you would do a global change of "ontology"
to "module".

By the way, I am now writing a grammar for a very general
version of controlled English, which supports nearly the
full SCL semantics, including sequence variables.  The
only thing I haven't found a natural way of expressing
is the option of quantifying over relations.

John