- From: Dave Reynolds <dave.e.reynolds@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:18:36 +0000
- To: Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>
- CC: Public GLD WG <public-gld-wg@w3.org>
On 15/03/12 17:30, Dave Reynolds wrote:
> 2. There seems to be no notion of collection structure. In several
> registry standards you have the notion of a Registry (the service) which
> contains Registers (collections of registered items) which contains
> Assets. The Register is where governance regimes get applied. So for
> example Joinup (the registry) might say "here is the Register of
> standards approved by the EU for use in Environmental modelling". The
> point about a Register is that it is closed world and can't be modelled
> through tags or topic markers.
Ignore the last sentence. It's nonsense. In this setting "closed world"
is an operational semantics that can be supplied by the registry service
("I guarantee I have the definitive list") and doesn't not require
closure at modelling level.
Dave
Received on Friday, 16 March 2012 08:19:11 UTC