- From: <auguste.atemezing@eurecom.fr>
- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:35:00 +0100
- To: Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>
- Cc: public-gld-wg@w3.org
Hi Phil, I wonder if the server of semi.eu is down. I was trying to access this link [1] from the People Wiki page [2] but I can not have access. The same error is happening with all the links to semi.eu on the Wiki page. TIA Ghislain [1] http://www.semic.eu/semic/view/snav/Conformance.xhtml [2] http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/wiki/People > Is it possible to seek the existence of some evidence that the issue > has been thought about seriously? We have a stated policy [1] - sadly I > can't find anything similar at dublincore.org or > http://www.oasis-open.org. Hmmm... > > It's the intent we're after, not so much an actual number of years. > There's no way of knowing whether the resolvability of, say, > http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#Catalog will have any meaning or relevance in > 2112 any more than the gaslights my grandparents ready by 100 years ago > do today. > > I like 'unbounded' - in reality I guess the boundary is one of relevance? > > Phil. > > [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Persistence.html > > On 09/02/2012 20:57, Gillman, Daniel - BLS wrote: >> Anne, >> >> Thanks. I am not sure persistence requires predictability. We >> just need to know that data can be accessed. Though, I am willing >> to be persuaded otherwise. :-) >> >> Dan >> >> >> Dan Gillman >> Bureau of Labor Statistics >> Office of Survey Methods Research >> 2 Massachusetts Ave, NE >> Washington, DC 20212 USA >> Tel +1.202.691.7523 >> FAX +1.202.691.7426 >> Email Gillman.Daniel@BLS.Gov >> ----------------------------------------- >> "Whatever it is, I'm against it! >> No matter what it is or who commenced it, >> I'm against it!" >> ~ Groucho Marx >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Anne Washington (GWMAIL) [mailto:annew@gwmail.gwu.edu] On >> Behalf Of Anne L. Washington, PhD >> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:06 PM >> To: Ronald P. Reck >> Cc: public-gld-wg@w3.org >> Subject: Re: a "long period" for Stability >> >> +1 >> >> Dan, That would work! How about this: >> >> Persistence = predictable machine access unbounded by time. >> >> >> It is however, a tall order. >> But from a standards and conceptual point of view it works to avoid >> any specific period of time. >> >> Thanks for asking the question Ron and thanks for the input Dan! >> >> >> Anne L. Washington, PhD >> Academic Work: George Mason University >> Standards Work: W3C GLD working group >> http://washington.gmu.edu/ >> >> On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Ronald P. Reck wrote: >> >>> When it is logical through the addition of the word "unbounded" to >>> "tighten up the definition", it sounds like the correct answer to me. >>> >>> >>> +1 >>> >>> >>> On 02/09/2012 02:26 PM, Gillman, Daniel - BLS wrote: >>>> How about this? >>>> Persistent data - data for which machine access is unbounded >>>> >>>> Dan >>>> >>>> >>>> Dan Gillman >>>> Bureau of Labor Statistics >>>> Office of Survey Methods Research >>>> 2 Massachusetts Ave, NE >>>> Washington, DC 20212 USA >>>> Tel +1.202.691.7523 >>>> FAX +1.202.691.7426 >>>> Email Gillman.Daniel@BLS.Gov >>>> ----------------------------------------- >>>> "Whatever it is, I'm against it! >>>> No matter what it is or who commenced it, I'm against it!" >>>> ~ Groucho Marx >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Ronald P. Reck [mailto:rreck@rrecktek.com] >>>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:16 PM >>>> To: public-gld-wg@w3.org >>>> Subject: a "long period" for Stability >>>> >>>> As Anne W. pointed out to me in private communications, a common >>>> definition of persistent sounds like this: >>>> >>>> >>>> Persistent = Information is machine accessible for long periods of time. >>>> >>>> >>>> The problem I have with this is that "long periods" is a very >>>> ambiguous concept on the web. I know we touched on this at the F2F >>>> but I wish I knew how to tighten it up a bit. >>>> >>>> - long periods to data at my house is through 2 hard drive standards >>>> (MFM/IDE/EIDE/SATA..) >>>> - Long periods in the scope of the Internet is a couple decades...? >>>> - Long periods to a person might mean a generation... >>>> - Long periods of weather data could mean since the last ice age? >>>> >>>> Any formative comments about how I can rephrase "long periods" to >>>> scope it better would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> -Ronald P. Reck >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- > > > Phil Archer > W3C eGovernment > http://www.w3.org/egov/ > > http://philarcher.org > +44 (0)7887 767755 > @philarcher1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using EURECOM Webmail: http://webmail.eurecom.fr
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