Documentation/Design goals

= Design Goals =


 * Directly usable with the state of the WWW at the time of the first release (2008)
 * Usable in a W3C Semantic Web environment, but not dependent on it
 * Works with minimal reasoning
 * OWL DL, so that it can be mixed with other OWL DL schemas and data without turning the result into OWL Full.
 * Syntax-neutral
 * Industry-neutral
 * Suitable for all stages of the value chain
 * Extensible
 * Decoupled from product innovation (product types and features) in particular industries
 * Dynamic Data Granularity
 * Lexical Carry-over
 * Incremental Refinement
 * Dynamic Degree of Disambiguation
 * Deferred Consensus