Re: "information resource"

Hello all,

I applaud this proposal, as it results in a clearer and less
philosophically encumbered spec. 8-)

Back to lurking mode,

                   Jacek Kopecky

                   Ph.D. student researcher
                   Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Innsbruck
                   http://www.deri.org/




On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 11:39, Stuart Williams wrote:
> Patrick,
> 
> Yesterday the TAG discussed [3] a proposal [2]  to address your comment 
> [1] which I repeat below, slightly amended. The TAG asked me to give it 
> a wider airing by re-posting on www-tag.
> 
> Proposal:
> 
> 1) Replace all occurences of the noun phrase "information resource" with 
> the noun phrase "web resource".
> 
> 2) Replace the defining sentence for the noun phrase "information 
> resource" (section 3.1 1st para, 1st sentence) :
> 
>  "The term Information Resource refers to resources that convey 
> information. Any resource that has a representation is an information 
> resource."
> 
> with
> 
>  "The term Web Resource is applicable to resources for which web 
> acesssible representations are available and/or which may be interacted 
> with through an exchange of representations. Any resource that has a 
> representation is an information resource."
> 
> 3) [Optional]  Consider adding a nearby sentence: "Colloquially, Web 
> Resources are said to be "on-the-web"."
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Stuart Williams