- From: Yakov Shafranovich <yakov@noom.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:49:28 -0500
- To: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- Cc: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>, public-csv-wg-comments@w3.org, W3C CSV on the Web Working Group <public-csv-wg@w3.org>
Ivan, What the procedure for submitting errata? Yakov On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote: > David, > > the document has gone into Proposed Rec. We cannot change this any more. > > Ivan > > >> On 18 Nov 2015, at 17:22, David Booth <david@dbooth.org> wrote: >> >> https://w3c.github.io/csvw/syntax/#locating-metadata >> >> My other suggested editorial improvements have fallen on deaf ears, so there seems to be no point in continuing to suggest anything more than the tiniest of changes. With that in mind, I do have one suggestion for an extremely simple *one-word* *change* that would still improve the readability of this spec and help the community. >> >> Please add the word "standard" to the phrase "default locations", "default URI patterns" and the like in Section 5 and the TOC, so that those phrases read: "standard default locations", "standard default URI patterns", etc. This will help readers *find* the section that they need when they wish to look up the standard URI metadata filename patterns that they plan to use. >> >> I recognize that for political or other reasons some members of the working group may wish to characterize these metadata filename patterns merely as algorithmic *defaults*, but I implore you as editors to think of this from the *user's* perspective. The vast majority of users *will* *not* *care* about the "site-wide location configuration" feature. They will think of these filename patterns as *standard* metadata filename patterns, *as* *indeed* *they* *will* *be* (though optional, because site administrators may override them): >> >> - they will be de jure standards, because they are standardized in this W3C Recommendation; and >> >> - they will also be de facto standards, because as we all know the vast majority of CSV metadata publishers will use those metadata filename patterns. >> >> This is a *very* simple change to make. Regardless of how pissed off you may be at me personally, *please* consider the best interest of the community as a whole and make this very simple change to help readers. >> >> Thanks, >> David Booth >> >> > > > ---- > Ivan Herman, W3C > Digital Publishing Lead > Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ > mobile: +31-641044153 > ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-2704 > > > >
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