Re: Transition Request: SKOS to Proposed Recommendation

P.S.: In case this is not clear: I do not regard these changes as
substantial. Remove the examples and the guidance about language tags
and notation, and move in your current time schedule to
Recommendation.

Felix

2009/7/31, Felix Sasaki <felix.sasaki@fh-potsdam.de>:
> Dear Alistair (personal response and response as AC of University of
> Applied
> Sciences Potsdam),
>
> I do not agree with your resolution. You need to take out all examples and
> suggestions for using language subtags for notations, syntactic
> modification
> of the examples is not enough. As Martin and me pointed out before, using
> language tags for non-language items like notations is a very bad
> suggestion, hindering the application of SKOS for multilingual data in the
> future.
>
> Regards, Felix.
>
> 2009/7/31 Alistair Miles <alimanfoo@gmail.com>
>
>> Dear Addison,
>>
>> Thank you for raising this issue, apologies for the delayed response.
>>
>> The SWDWG discussed this issue [1] at its teleconference on 7 July [2]
>> and made the following resolution:
>>
>> RESOLUTION: We (a) modify the example(s) in [SKOS Reference section]
>> 6.5.4 to be syntactically conformant to BCP 47 and (b) offer to add a
>> phrase such as "note that such use of private subtags to transmit data
>> unrelated to language or language choice may violate BCP 47"
>> contingent on Alistair and Sean's agreeing
>>
>> Both Sean [3] and myself find this resolution acceptable.
>>
>> Could you please indicate whether this resolution is sufficient to
>> meet your concerns. We realise this is short notice, but we would be
>> extremely grateful if you could respond with approval by 10 August, or
>> with any further concerns as soon as possible.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>> [1] http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/track/issues/224
>> [2] http://www.w3.org/2009/07/07-swd-minutes.html#item04
>> [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swd-wg/2009Jul/0014.html
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 02:23:14PM -0700, Phillips, Addison wrote:
>> > The Internationalization Core WG has a problem with this document that
>> should be corrected before a transition is approved. This was discussed
>> during our most recent teleconference [1] in response to comments by
>> Felix
>> Sasaki [2] (and others, in that thread).
>> >
>> > During Last Call, I18N did review this document and made comments about
>> the use of BCP 47 language tags for language identification in the
>> prefLabel
>> construct. I18N was satisfied by these changes. However, for whatever
>> reason, we did not notice that there were several problematic uses of the
>> prefLabel language tags elsewhere in the reference document.
>> Specifically,
>> section 6.5.4 proposes to use language tags for additional uses. We have
>> the
>> following concerns:
>> >
>> > 1. The language tag examples do not meet IETF BCP 47 "well-formed"
>> criteria. BCP 47 language tags limit subtag length to eight characters.
>> The
>> examples in 6.5.4 are syntactically wrong as they are longer than eight
>> characters per subtag.
>> >
>> > 2. BCP 47 specifically recommends against using private-use subtags
>> > when
>> other mechanisms exist for data interchange. Use of private use subtags
>> to
>> transmit data unrelated to language or language choice is frowned upon.
>> The
>> examples given seem to confuse this or be in violation of this. We think
>> they need to be clarified and clarified in a way that removes the private
>> use subtags.
>> >
>> > Note that, although the IESG recently approved an update to RFC 4646
>> (part of BCP 47), this change has no impact on this specification or our
>> comments. We apologize for having missed this and think that the
>> reference
>> and the related primer should (and can easily) be updated to address this
>> issue.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Addison (for I18N Core WG)
>> >
>> >
>> > [1] http://www.w3.org/2009/06/24-core-minutes.html
>> > [2]
>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-core/2009AprJun/0068.html
>> >
>> > Addison Phillips
>> > Globalization Architect -- Lab126
>> > Chair -- W3C Internationalization WG
>> >
>> > Internationalization is not a feature.
>> > It is an architecture.
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: chairs-request@w3.org [mailto:chairs-request@w3.org] On
>> > > Behalf Of Guus Schreiber
>> > > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 2:44 PM
>> > > To: Tim Berners-Lee; Steve Bratt; plh@w3.org
>> > > Cc: w3t-comm@w3.org; chairs@w3.org; SWCG; SWD WG
>> > > Subject: Transition Request: SKOS to Proposed Recommendation
>> > >
>> > > Director,
>> > >
>> > > The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group requests transition to
>> > > Proposed
>> > > Recommendation for
>> > >
>> > >    SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference
>> > >    [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-skos-reference-20090317/
>> > >
>> > > The updated editor's draft can be found at:
>> > >
>> > >    [2] http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/SKOS/reference/20090315/
>> > > (Revision 1.13)
>> > >
>> > > The proposed STOD section reads as follows:
>> > >
>> > > [[
>> > >     This document is a W3C Proposed Recommendation published by the
>> > >     Semantic Web Deployment Working Group, part of the W3C Semantic
>> > > Web
>> > >     Activity.  This document reflects editorial changes arising
>> > > during
>> > >     the Candidate Recommendation review, summarized in the Changes
>> > >     section.  An implementation report documents known uses of SKOS
>> > >     during the Candidate Recommendation review period.  An updated
>> > >     SKOS Primer Working Draft is being published concurrently with
>> > > this
>> > >     Proposed Recommendation.
>> > >
>> > >     Comments on this document may be addressed to
>> > >     public-swd-wg@w3.org. Please include the text "SKOS
>> > >     comment" in the subject line. All comments sent to that address
>> > >     are available in a public archive.
>> > > ]]
>> > >
>> > > The record of the WG decision to request this transition is at:
>> > >
>> > >    [3] http://www.w3.org/2009/05/19-swd-minutes.html#item03
>> > >
>> > > No substantive issues were raised during CR, though a few comments
>> > > resulted in
>> > > editorial clarifications to the specification. Three CR comments
>> > > were received
>> > > and resolved, namely:
>> > >
>> > >      ISSUE-191: missing bracket in example 44
>> > >      http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/track/issues/192
>> > >
>> > >      ISSUE-218: editorial errors and problems (Ch. 1)
>> > >      http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/track/issues/218
>> > >
>> > >      ISSUE-219: name
>> > >      http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/track/issues/219
>> > >
>> > > Changes from the Candidate Recommendation version are given in the
>> > > "Changes"
>> > > section of editors draft:
>> > >
>> > >    [4]
>> > > http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/SKOS/reference/20090315/#changes
>> > >
>> > > There were no features at risk.
>> > >
>> > > The requirements have not changed since Candidate Recommendation.
>> > >
>> > > This specification has no normative references to W3C
>> > > specifications that are
>> > > not yet Proposed Recommendations.
>> > >
>> > > The Groups' implementation report [5] lists 27 implementations with
>> > > a broad
>> > > coverage of SKOS features.  All comments have received formal
>> > > responses; these
>> > > are recorded in the issue tracker [6].
>> > >
>> > >    [5]
>> > > http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/SKOS/reference/20090315/implementatio
>> > > n.html
>> > >    [6] http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/track/issues
>> > >
>> > >   The specification has therefore met the CR exit criteria:
>> > >
>> > > [[
>> > >     1. At least two implementations have been demonstrated that use
>> > >        features of the SKOS vocabulary.  Other vocabularies that
>> > > use
>> > >        SKOS are candidates for inclusion in the implementation
>> > > report.
>> > >     2. All issues raised during the CR period against this document
>> > >        have received formal responses.
>> > > ]]
>> > >
>> > > There have been no formal objections.
>> > >
>> > > There have been no changes to the patent disclosure pages since the
>> > > transition
>> > > to Candidate Recommendation. There are no open exclusion
>> > > opportunities.
>> > >
>> > > The Working Group intends to publish an updated version of the SKOS
>> > > Primer
>> > > Working Draft [7] at the same time as this Proposed Recommendation.
>> > >
>> > >    [7] http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer/
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thomas Baker
>> > > Guus Schreiber
>> > > co-chairs Semantic Web Deployment WG
>> > >
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Alistair Miles
>> The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
>> Roosevelt Drive
>> Oxford
>> OX3 7BN
>> United Kingdom
>> Web: http://purl.org/net/aliman
>> Email: alimanfoo@gmail.com **note change of email address**
>>
>>
>

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