Re: [Editorial suggestion] A one-word change to help readers: "standard"

Okay, well thank you all for all of your efforts on this spec.

David Booth

On 11/18/2015 11:56 AM, Ivan Herman wrote:
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>> On 18 Nov 2015, at 17:49, Yakov Shafranovich <yakov@noom.com>
>> wrote:
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>> Ivan,
>>
>> What the procedure for submitting errata?
>>
>> Yakov
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> We will have an errata mechanism set up when the document goes out as
> Rec (planned end of December, right before Xmas). Errors/errata can
> then be recorded officially.
>
> Ivan
>
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>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote:
>>> David,
>>>
>>> the document has gone into Proposed Rec. We cannot change this
>>> any more.
>>>
>>> Ivan
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 18 Nov 2015, at 17:22, David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> https://w3c.github.io/csvw/syntax/#locating-metadata
>>>>
>>>> My other suggested editorial improvements have fallen on deaf
>>>> ears, so there seems to be no point in continuing to suggest
>>>> anything more than the tiniest of changes.  With that in mind,
>>>> I do have one suggestion for an extremely simple *one-word*
>>>> *change* that would still improve the readability of this spec
>>>> and help the community.
>>>>
>>>> Please add the word "standard" to the phrase "default
>>>> locations", "default URI patterns" and the like in Section 5
>>>> and the TOC, so that those phrases read: "standard default
>>>> locations", "standard default URI patterns", etc.  This will
>>>> help readers *find* the section that they need when they wish
>>>> to look up the standard URI metadata filename patterns that
>>>> they plan to use.
>>>>
>>>> I recognize that for political or other reasons some members of
>>>> the working group may wish to characterize these metadata
>>>> filename patterns merely as algorithmic *defaults*, but I
>>>> implore you as editors to think of this from the *user's*
>>>> perspective.  The vast majority of users *will* *not* *care*
>>>> about the "site-wide location configuration" feature.  They
>>>> will think of these filename patterns as *standard* metadata
>>>> filename patterns, *as* *indeed* *they* *will* *be* (though
>>>> optional, because site administrators may override them):
>>>>
>>>> - they will be de jure standards, because they are standardized
>>>> in this W3C Recommendation; and
>>>>
>>>> - they will also be de facto standards, because as we all know
>>>> the vast majority of CSV metadata publishers will use those
>>>> metadata filename patterns.
>>>>
>>>> This is a *very* simple change to make.  Regardless of how
>>>> pissed off you may be at me personally, *please* consider the
>>>> best interest of the community as a whole and make this very
>>>> simple change to help readers.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, David Booth
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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