- From: David Chadwick <d.w.chadwick@kent.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 10:30:19 +0100
- To: public-credentials@w3.org
Hi Steven On 03/08/2016 01:17, Steven Rowat wrote: > On 8/2/16 9:24 AM, David Chadwick wrote: >> Oops. Typo in previous message fixed >> >> How about changing the first sentence of the problem statement >> >> There is currently no widely used self-sovereign and privacy-enhancing >> standard for expressing and transacting verifiable claims (aka: >> credentials, attestations) via the Web. >> >> to >> >> There is currently no application independent self-sovereign and >> privacy-enhancing standard for expressing and transacting verifiable >> claims (aka: credentials, attestations) via the Web. > > Agreed on the meaning change, but even adding a hyphen into > application-independent (which IMO is necessary to be consistent and > grammatically correct) you've created a brain twister with six sub-parts > (three compounds x 2) modifying 'standard'. I find it hard to read and > understand, even the second or third time. > > How about recasting to give some space between the ideas, maybe: > > There is currently no application-independent standard for expressing > and transacting self-sovereign and privacy-enhancing verifiable claims > (aka: credentials, attestations) via the Web. I like this formulation, but there is no need to put a hyphen between application and independent regards David > > Or: > There is currently no self-sovereign and privacy-enhancing standard for > expressing and transacting application-independent verifiable claims > (aka: credentials, attestations) via the Web. > > Steven > > > >
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