Re: Call for comments from IG: STEM survey first draft

> On 20 Jan 2015, at 14:59 , Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org> wrote:
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> On 20/01/2015 14:19, Peter Krautzberger wrote:
>> > I am not sure I understand who are the pigs.
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>> We (the TF) had decided to do a test run with a small number of test
>> subjects; this found approval on a regular IG call later.
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>> The goal will be to reduce our inevitable blind spots before releasing
>> it to the wider group of people. The data from these test subjects would
>> not enter the survey (though they would be able to take part in the
>> final survey as well).
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> Yes I  am aware of that resolution, I couldn't (and don't) understand why they are called pigs.
> 

Thierry,

"guinea pig" is an English expression. It is a name of an animal:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig

in contrast google translate, it is 'cochon d'inde' in Frence. And it is also used as an expression for "cobaye".

Ivan



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