Re: Motivations

Slight preference for the verb form.

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Denenberg, Ray <rden@loc.gov> wrote:

> I can go either way but I do have a preference for the noun form.  That's
> because I like to think of the "type" of an annotation.  It's a bookmark,
> or it's a tag, or it's a review.
>
> I do understand the reason why we don't (that is, no longer) want to talk
> about the type of an annotation: because it is too suggestive of rdf:type,
> i.e. the RDF class, and the class of an annotation no longer applies (i.e.
> we are discouraged from subclassing oa:Annotation).  Still, if we can get
> past that, I'd prefer the noun form.
>
> Ray
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Kasdorf [mailto:bkasdorf@apexcovantage.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 11:03 AM
> > To: Denenberg, Ray; 'James M Snell'
> > Cc: 'Web Annotation'
> > Subject: RE: Motivations
> >
> > I support both of these changes, which results in (to be less formally
> > grammatical) a clear, simple, active verb (not a noun). In fact I read
> your list
> > that way at first, because "bookmark" can be both, but when I got to
> > "classification" and "description" I realized (as you clearly stated!)
> that you
> > were proposing nouns. I like this move, but to use verbs. So yes, I'd
> drop the
> > "to."
> > --Bill K
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Denenberg, Ray [mailto:rden@loc.gov]
> > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 10:48 AM
> > To: 'James M Snell'
> > Cc: 'Web Annotation'
> > Subject: RE: Motivations
> >
> > Yes I nearly suggested the infinitive form instead, but didn't know what
> to do
> > with the "to" part.  I.e. the infinitive form of "bookmarking" is "to
> bookmark".
> > I suppose you just drop the "to"?
> >
> > Ray
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: James M Snell [mailto:jasnell@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 10:41 AM
> > > To: Denenberg, Ray
> > > Cc: Web Annotation
> > > Subject: Re: Motivations
> > >
> > > Speaking from the sidelines... I would strongly support this. With
> > > Activity Streams, it was decided very early on that it would be better
> > > to use the infinitive form of activity verbs in nearly all cases. I
> > > would take this one step further and suggest "classify" to
> > > "classification"; "describe" for "description"; "identify" for
> "identifier"; and
> > "moderate" for "moderation".
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 7:19 AM, Denenberg, Ray <rden@loc.gov> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The motivations listed in 3.4 of the model, “bookmarking”,
> > > > “classifying”, and so on …
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This is a cosmetic suggestion: I find these gerund construction a
> > > > bit awkward, and would prefer “straight” nouns, as in the following
> table.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Current Motivation
> > > >
> > > > Would Become:
> > > >
> > > > bookmarking
> > > >
> > > > bookmark
> > > >
> > > > classifying
> > > >
> > > > classification
> > > >
> > > > commenting
> > > >
> > > > comment
> > > >
> > > > describing
> > > >
> > > > description
> > > >
> > > > editing
> > > >
> > > > edit
> > > >
> > > > highlighting
> > > >
> > > > highlight
> > > >
> > > > identifying
> > > >
> > > > identifier
> > > >
> > > > moderating
> > > >
> > > > moderation
> > > >
> > > > questioning
> > > >
> > > > question
> > > >
> > > > replying
> > > >
> > > > reply
> > > >
> > > > tagging
> > > >
> > > > tag
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Is there support for this change?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ray
>