Comments on Model WD of 2015-10-15: Web Annotation Principles

Section 2, ie, the Annotation Principles, includes the following:

[[[
• The Target or Body resource may be more specific than the entity identified by the resource's URI alone.
• In particular,
 • The Target or Body resource may be a specific segment of the resource.
 • The Target or Body resource may be styled in a specific way.
 • The Target or Body resource may be a specific state of the resource.
 • The Target or Body resource may be included in the Annotation to play a specific role.
 • The Target or Body resource may be any combination of the above.
• The resource with these constraints is a separate resource from the Annotation, Body or Target, and is called a SpecificResource.
]]]

I had difficulties with the last sentence, I was not sure what you meant (well, I knew that, but I tried to look at it with a fresh eye). I then looked in the formal vocabulary, and I was inspired by it to offer an alternative, namely:

• A Resource expressing these constraints, called a SpecificResource, may take the role of a Body or Target

WDYT?

The text also says:

[[[
• The identity of the SpecificResource is separate from the descriptions of the constraints.
]]]

I am not even sure that statement is correct. Shouldn't it be

• The identity of the SpecificResource is separate from the Resources whose constraints it expresses.

Ivan


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Received on Friday, 16 October 2015 11:47:56 UTC