RE: Motivations

I can go either way but I do have a preference for the noun form.  That's because I like to think of the "type" of an annotation.  It's a bookmark,  or it's a tag, or it's a review.   

I do understand the reason why we don't (that is, no longer) want to talk about the type of an annotation: because it is too suggestive of rdf:type, i.e. the RDF class, and the class of an annotation no longer applies (i.e. we are discouraged from subclassing oa:Annotation).  Still, if we can get past that, I'd prefer the noun form.  

Ray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Kasdorf [mailto:bkasdorf@apexcovantage.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 11:03 AM
> To: Denenberg, Ray; 'James M Snell'
> Cc: 'Web Annotation'
> Subject: RE: Motivations
> 
> I support both of these changes, which results in (to be less formally
> grammatical) a clear, simple, active verb (not a noun). In fact I read your list
> that way at first, because "bookmark" can be both, but when I got to
> "classification" and "description" I realized (as you clearly stated!) that you
> were proposing nouns. I like this move, but to use verbs. So yes, I'd drop the
> "to."
> --Bill K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denenberg, Ray [mailto:rden@loc.gov]
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 10:48 AM
> To: 'James M Snell'
> Cc: 'Web Annotation'
> Subject: RE: Motivations
> 
> Yes I nearly suggested the infinitive form instead, but didn't know what to do
> with the "to" part.  I.e. the infinitive form of "bookmarking" is "to bookmark".
> I suppose you just drop the "to"?
> 
> Ray
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James M Snell [mailto:jasnell@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 10:41 AM
> > To: Denenberg, Ray
> > Cc: Web Annotation
> > Subject: Re: Motivations
> >
> > Speaking from the sidelines... I would strongly support this. With
> > Activity Streams, it was decided very early on that it would be better
> > to use the infinitive form of activity verbs in nearly all cases. I
> > would take this one step further and suggest "classify" to
> > "classification"; "describe" for "description"; "identify" for "identifier"; and
> "moderate" for "moderation".
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 7:19 AM, Denenberg, Ray <rden@loc.gov> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > The motivations listed in 3.4 of the model, “bookmarking”,
> > > “classifying”, and so on …
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > This is a cosmetic suggestion: I find these gerund construction a
> > > bit awkward, and would prefer “straight” nouns, as in the following table.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Current Motivation
> > >
> > > Would Become:
> > >
> > > bookmarking
> > >
> > > bookmark
> > >
> > > classifying
> > >
> > > classification
> > >
> > > commenting
> > >
> > > comment
> > >
> > > describing
> > >
> > > description
> > >
> > > editing
> > >
> > > edit
> > >
> > > highlighting
> > >
> > > highlight
> > >
> > > identifying
> > >
> > > identifier
> > >
> > > moderating
> > >
> > > moderation
> > >
> > > questioning
> > >
> > > question
> > >
> > > replying
> > >
> > > reply
> > >
> > > tagging
> > >
> > > tag
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is there support for this change?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ray

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