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One other aspect of this simplication is worth
mentioning.
The mKR 8.1 grammar includes the grammar for
XML.
This is used for translating
RDF/OWL to mKR.
I am removing the XML grammar, and will likely use
the
Redland tools to translate RDF/OWL
to triples before
translating to mKR.
This XML grammar is also used to do simple
HTML
formatting of mKR files. For versions 8.2 and
beyond,
this capability is achieved by "hiding" the
HTML
inside an mKR comment. For
example
# <html><xmp>
#
KEHOME/kb/TabulaRasa.html
# Jul/2/2008 Apr/12/2009
begin hierarchy tabula rasa;
existent;
/ group; # abstract
entity
/ entity; # physical
entity
/ characteristic; #
property
//
attribute;
//
part;
//
relation;
//
action;
//
interaction;
/ proposition;
// context;
/// at space=s, time=t,
view=v;
//
sentence;
/// subject verb object
pplist;
end hierarchy tabula rasa;
#
</xmp></html>
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:52
PM
Subject: mKR/mKE 8.2 simplified
grammar
I changed the version number to 8.2, to signal
the beginning
of a gradual process of simplifying the mKR
grammar.
I am weeding out the remnants
of discarded ideas
from the past 13 years.
I am making the grammar closer
to that of the UNIX shell,
with its blank word separators
and quoting conventions,
and keywords which are only
significant at the beginning
of a proposition.
I may even replace my custom
lexer and parser with
their flex and bison
equivalents.
If there's anything in the mKR
grammar that you don't
like, this is your best
opportunity to get it changed --
please tell me your
ideas.
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