- From: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
- Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 09:47:52 +0100
- To: Jonathan A Rees <rees@mumble.net>
- Cc: Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com>, Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>, "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>
On 2012-03 -30, at 21:07, Jonathan A Rees wrote: > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com> wrote: >> >> On 3/30/2012 11:56 AM, Jonathan A Rees wrote: >>> >>> Hmm... I agree in spirit, but as an aside I quibble with the phrasing >>> of the last part, and since terminology is really screwing us over I >>> want to hit what you say hard. "Representation" remember is a war >>> zone, with Roy using it one way (see REST and HTTPbis) and TimBL using >>> it another. It is an instrument of propaganda. In Roy's view a >>> description could very well be a representation; in TimBL's that is >>> not enough. >> >> >> I don't think we need to fight that war to get as far as agreeing on the >> spirit of the Self-describing Web finding: > > I tried to be clear in my message, let me try again: I do agree with > the spirit and what you said. I was just doing an aside, a terminology > quibble, really quite unrelated to what you meant to say. With TAG > members I am going to be a pain in the butt regarding terminology, > especially "representation" - get used to it! I am trying to train > everyone to be clear, and if they someone uses a disputed word in a > way I don't like, to be explicit about which meaning they intend when > they use it. > Excellent Tim > Jonathan > >
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