- From: Jose M. Alonso <josema@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 13:39:25 +0100
- To: "Dr D.C.Misra" <dc_misra@hotmail.com>
- Cc: <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
Attaching this one to ISSUE-3 El 05/03/2009, a las 20:48, Dr D.C.Misra escribió: > ---Original Message----- > From: Jose M. Alonso [mailto:josema@w3.org] > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:04 PM > To: Dr D.C.Misra > Subject: Re: Group Note FPWD is done > > Dear Dr D.C.Misra, > > Thanks for your comments. Could you please forward them to the > <public-egov-ig@w3.org >> ? This is required for them to be taken into consideration (see > status section of the document). > > Best, > Jose. > > > > El 04/03/2009, a las 9:58, Dr D.C.Misra escribió: > >> I do not feel comfortable with the spelling of e-government as >> "eGovernment," much worse at the beginning of a sentence. This is >> grammatically wrong. (Similarly "eGov" is not in order. Which word >> does it >> abbreviate- e-government or e-governance? Secondly, inter-changeable >> use of >> e-government and electronic government (and, by extension, digital >> government) do not make for "smooth" reading. I think it may be >> useful to >> stick to only one term, namely, e-government though digital >> government may >> be more correct technically. The term electronic government could >> perhaps be >> avoided altogether as it makes e-government to be a 50:50 affair >> between "e" >> and government. On the contrary, the term e-government gives 1/11 >> weight to >> "e" and (overwhelming) weight of 10/11 to government (going by >> number of >> letters) which appears more appropriate. I am not aware of any >> guideline/practice or standard laid down in this regard by W3C in >> which case >> its guideline/practice or standard no doubt has to be followed in >> this paper >> too. >> >> Dr D.C.Misra >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: public-egov-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:public-egov-ig-request@w3.org >> ] >> On Behalf Of Jose M. Alonso >> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 3:39 PM >> To: eGov IG >> Subject: Group Note FPWD is done >> >> All, >> >> It has been a very intense weekend. Some of us, namely Kevin, John >> and >> me have been working until the very last minute on developing the >> final draft. We have worked on the document until yesterday night, >> then called it done. >> >> Final document is a snapshot of the current Editor's Draft [1] and we >> are requesting publication on March 10; comments will be welcomed >> until April 26. >> >> Thanks John, Oscar, Daniel and Owen for providing content for the >> document. Very special thanks to Kevin for bearing with me over the >> last couple days and a great editorial work. >> >> I think the document is quite solid but no doubt that with the help >> of >> others it could be greatly improved, so do not hesitate to send >> comments or offering authoring help. >> >> Cheers, >> Jose. >> >> [1] http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/Group/docs/note >> >> -- >> Jose M. Alonso <josema@w3.org> W3C/CTIC >> eGovernment Lead http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/ >> >> > > > >
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