- From: Martin Duerst <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:15:11 +0900
- To: Felix Sasaki <fsasaki@w3.org>, Yves Savourel <ysavourel@translate.com>
- Cc: public-i18n-its@w3.org
I agree with Felix (and others). On top of that, I hope that ITS actually uses IRIs, not URIs, in which case the name SomethingUri may actually be more confusing than helpful. [In the case that ITS only uses URIs and does not allow IRIs, that would be a serious mistake that should be fixed quickly.] Regards, Martin. At 00:00 06/07/26, Felix Sasaki wrote: >Hi Yves, all, > >I'm not sure if the change really makes things clearer. Looking at other >vocabularies which require an URI data type, I don't find one with the >*name* "URI". For example, HTML has the href attribute, XLink as well, ... > >should we really name the attributes after their data type, or isn't >naming after their function the common way? I am not sure if the term >URI is common enough for that purpose. > >Cheers, > >Felix > > > >Yves Savourel wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> My action item >> _http://www.w3.org/2006/07/24-i18nits-minutes.html#action05_ was to look >> at the possibility of renaming of all our 'xyzRef' and 'xyzRefPointer' >> to 'xyzUri' and 'xyzUriPointer'. >> >> This was a thought from Christian to clarify better the value held by >> the "Ref" attributes when we looked at the isssue #3494 during today's >> call (_http://www.w3.org/2006/07/24-i18nits-minutes.html#item06_). >> >> >> -- Rational: >> >> The content/values of the nodes pointed by all xyzRef attributes are >> always URI. We might as well make this clear by using 'Uri' in the name >> of the attributes. Using the more generic 'Ref' could possibly lead to >> thinking that other types of value (e.g. an ID) could be used. >> >> >> -- Things we would have to rename: >> >> locNoteRef -> locNoteUri >> locNoteRefPointer -> locNoteUriPointer >> termInfoRef -> termInfoUri >> termInfoRefPointer -> termInfoUriPointer >> >> >> -- Pros: >> >> - More specific, and therefore clearer. >> - Last chance to make that change. >> - It would be consistant with uri in <its:ns> where we call the URI 'uri'. >> >> >> -- Cons: >> >> - May could be seen as a substantive change by some(?) >> - Lot of references and examples, to change. >> >> >> -- Personnal opinion: >> >> I would think it's probably a good idea to change the attribute names >> from 'Ref' to 'Uri'. >> >> >> Cheers, >> -yves >> >> > > > >Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" >Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQFExjIacU6f2Avofx4RAq9ZAJ90BQa2V3rf0R3OcceWIW2qiEdFZQCgzADA >MYLo7bHOb2N9lmGg8ecrK1k= >=7qyp >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, Assoc. Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University #-#-# http://www.sw.it.aoyama.ac.jp mailto:duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp
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