- From: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:26:34 -0500
- To: "Ian B. Jacobs" <ij@w3.org>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
Ian, I have just found this mail, I missed it over the long weekend. On Nov 28, 2003, at 16:50, Ian B. Jacobs wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 19:04, Tim Berners-Lee wrote: >> Here are my comments on a complete read-through of the >> architecturedocument as of 2003-11-11. > > Hi Tim, > > Thanks for your comments. Below are my comments about the > pieces I did not incorporate into the soon-to-appear 28 Nov > draft. I either incorporated the other pieces or they > were subsumed by discussion at the ftf meeting in Japan. > > _ Ian > >> The very first paragraph of the Abstract encapsulates the fact that >> wehaven't solved httpRange-14 yet. It uses the word "resource" in >> twodistinct ways. > > The last remaining editor's note in the document is about > rewriting the abstract; I haven't made any real changes there > as I imagine we'll continue to discuss it. I imagine so. That wasn't a request to resolve the issue. >> 2.6.2 Determination that two URIs identify >> >> could we change "determination" to "expression", please? We >> In the same section, change "equaivalentTo" to "sameAs". The OWLvocab >> is now current, and this changed from DAML. >> >> In the same para, change "state assert" to "directly state >> orindirectly imply" > > Instead, I deleted "funtionalProperty". Do you think it should go > back in? I thought one example might suffice.. Well, the use of "sameAs" is kinda trivial. The use of functionalProperty is much more interesting, and >> 4 Data Formats >> >> You note that "language", "data format" and "vocabulary" are >> usedinterchangeably. I hope that "vocabulary" isn't. I would say >> thatsome >> data formats are languages, but a vocabulary is different. >> As far as I understand the way we tend to use these words, here is >> mybash at explaining it in case it useful maybe for a glossary some >> day. >> >> Data format >> >> Constrained syntax for a series of bits, and an >> accompanyingspecification of how such series should be interpreted. >> Examples: PNG,Plain text, OFX, HTML, RDF, HTTP request, HTTP response >> >> Language >> >> Constrained syntax for a series of (normally) characters >> (normallyencoded as a series of bits), and a specification of what >> such seriesmean. Examples; OFX, RDF, HTTP request, HTTP response. >> >> (I don't see any use in belaboring the difference, mind you, exceptfor >> connecting onto other people's ideas. Note that things inlangauges >> have meaning, when data formats often are just presented toa user, who >> then determines any meaning in other ways. Also, languagesare normally >> defined in terms of characters, so an encoding stepexists between the >> data format and the language. XML is a data formatas it specifies a >> bits as well as the characters.) >> >> Vocabulary: >> >> A set of terms which may be used for specific places in the grammar >> ofa given language. Examples: FOAF RDF ontology; SOAP HTTP >> headers. >> RDF and HTTP headers define places where the grammar has an open setof >> terms which can be added to. These sets are vocabularies. > > I did not include these definitions. I did remove "vocabularly" > from the list (leaving "language" and "format"). Let me know if > you think that we should add the definitions you provided. No, those were just for the record. Will we have a glossary? > -- > Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs > Tel: +1 718 260-9447
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