Re: Gloss standard terminology for resource/representation (ISSUE-81 Change Proposal)

On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> On Apr 8, 2010, at 12:35 AM, Ian Hickson wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org> wrote:
> > > This is informed by discussion with lots of people, but nobody else 
> > > has looked at it, so it's just from me.
> > 
> > Would the following be an acceptable compromise?
> > 
> > <p>What some specifications, in particular the HTTP and URI 
> > specifications, refer to as a <i>representation</i> is referred to in 
> > this specification as a <dfn title="">resource</dfn>.</p>
> 
> As a point of clarification, would you include the RFC references for 
> the HTTP and URI specs after that sentence, as alluded to below?
> 
> > > of [RFC3986].
> > 
> > The spec's style is to not use references in sentences but to use the 
> > colloquial names of the specifications and then have the reference 
> > after the sentence.

I hadn't thought about it, but sure, if people think that would be 
helpful.

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