[SCL] Re: Common Logic status with respect to standards

[pat hayes]

>pat hayes wrote:
>>Michael Gruninger wrote:
>>>Of course, one of the problems with resurrecting the old KIF project from
>>>oblivion was that it opened the floodgates to requests for new features and
>>>new extensions, and this led to the group losing focus with 
>>>respect to requirements.
>>>As Pat pointed out long ago, there was no agreed upon requirements 
>>>document for CL
>>>and no list of open issues so that we could track progress. On the 
>>>other hand, I haven't seen
>>>either of these for SCL either...
>>
>>Mia culpa. But on the other hand, I have never received any 
>>responses to any of my repeated requests for comments on technical 
>>issues other than from Chris, Tanel and Murray, and there seems to 
>>be little point in recording agreements which are made in such a 
>>small group.
>
>Pat,
>
>yes, but this is precisely the kind of thing I *do* want. Without
>it nobody will be sure that things match up with the requirements.
>It'll all be in our heads, and we won't be sure of agreement until
>things flare up, as they do now and again, and again. If it's all
>there where we can all see it and agree/disagree, we're all on
>safer territory as regards our cooperative work and agreement.

OK, fair enough. We have been remiss in not recording decisions 
better, I have to admit. I will try to do something about this.

Pat

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