Re: Naming the standard

Dear all,

Maintaining ODRL is also ok for me.

Best regards,

      Silvia

El 15/09/2016 a las 2:45, Renato Iannella escribió:
>
> I have grave concerns about the suggestion to change the name of ODRL 
> in order to address misperceptions.
>
> If there are indeed perceptions, then the solution is not a name 
> change but information sharing, education and dialogue.
>
> I want to use the example of W3C's Encrypted Media Extensions as an 
> example to make my point.
> In response to significant and negative media saturation by the 
> Electronic Frontier Foundation (including street protests), W3C did 
> not change the name of the EME specification.  Instead they 
> disseminated considered arguments for the reason(s) behind the work. 
> This demonstrates leadership.
>
> We are not exactly in the same situation, but we should not be mislead 
> into thinking that merely changing the name of a specification will 
> magically cause perceptions to change.
>
> This is why the ODRL Community (from V2.0) moved towards "policy" as 
> our main language driver, as this has been a deliberate move by the 
> ODRL community embrace holistic initiatives and support general policies.
>
> The ODRL community has been working diligently for the past 16 YEARS 
> building up community of trust around a common need for policy 
> expressions.
>
> There is no technical and architectural reason for a name change.  I 
> am concerned that a push to impose a name change would be poorly 
> received, perhaps even considered by some to be disparaging an 
> dismissive of the community’s careful and considered work over the years.
>
> The ODRL brand is important as it is well established amongst many 
> communities. An ill-considered change of name will cause disruption, 
> confusion and lead to less trust and acceptance.
>
> Existing users and implementors of ODRL, the ODRL Community Group, and 
> ODRL Profile communities will be left  frustrated, and disenfranchised.
>
> I strongly support keeping the name of ODRL while continuing to focus 
> efforts on making it a better language so that it  becomes part of the 
> web framework for future digital publishing.
>
> I oppose the proposal to change the name of ODRL.
>
>
> Renato Iannella, Monegraph
> Co-Chair, W3C Permissions & Obligations Expression (POE) Working Group
>



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