Re: [Issue-75] - Domain

Am 16.01.13 12:15, schrieb Lieske, Christian:
> Hi Felix, Pablo, all,
>
> Please find some my thoughts on the reply below.
>
> Cheers,
> Christian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Sasaki [mailto:fsasaki@w3.org]
> Sent: Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2013 08:07
> To: Pablo Nieto Caride
> Cc: Lieske, Christian; public-multilingualweb-lt-comments@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [Issue-75] - Domain
>
> (trying to minimize the number of mails, hence replying to several
> aspects in this mail)
>
> Hi Christian, Pablo, all,
>
> at Christian: you write at
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-multilingualweb-lt-comments/2013Jan/0034.html
> that 2b of your comment is resolved. How about 2a? If you are not
> satisfied with the replies in this thread, could you propose a change to
> the spec?
>
> CL>> Currently, I consider 2a as being unresolved.
> CL>> Addressing 2a (capture the information "This is for component X") to me does not appear to be straightforward, since
> CL>> you would need to accommodate an addition piece of information. One could imagine representations such as
> CL>>  <its:domainRule ...
> CL>>  domainMapping=
> CL>>   'MT-engine-X,"automotive auto, medical medicine, 'criminal law' law, 'property law' law"',
> CL>>    'TM-system-Y,"automotive X, 'criminal law' L, 'property law' law"'
> CL>>      />

Such a specification of the engine could lead to conflicting information:
MT-engine-X has a module for automotive. If however the engine is not 
mentioned in a domain mapping, but a different one (which does not have 
the automotive module): which one to choose?
It looks like what you add as information (= choosing the engine) is 
something one would do after the domain mapping, not at the same time. 
Otherwise you may run into the conflict described above.

> CL>> This, however, is not in line with the current normative text on "domain".
>
> Wrt to your proposal below (add a note about 2b to the spec): sure, do
> you want to draft something? The same for 2a (if you don't have a
> specific solution in mind, stating the issue might already be helpful).
>
> CL>> How about the following additional paragraph for the first note in (http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-its20-20121206/#domain) for 2b?
> CL>>
> CL>> "domainMapping" even allows "domain" systems/hierarchies to be encoded. domainMapping="FIN, 'A A-1 A-1-X'" could for example be used to capture the following information:

Would it be OK to re-formulate that sentence above like this:
[
the domainMapping attribute does not itself specify how to encode 
"domain" systems/hierachies. An application using domainMapping hence is 
free to work with application specific hierarchies to capture 
information like:
]

It seems this is more in line with the language tag example: it is 
saying that applications can do things that are on purpose underspecified.
> CL>> a. There exists a domain system that includes domains (e.g. A), sub-domains (e.g. A-1), and sub-subdomains (e.g. A-1-X)
> CL>> b. Prefer the lowest level in the system (e.g. work with an MT engine for A-1-X if available, otherwise work with one for A-1 or even A if available)
> CL>>
> CL>> This "power to encode and to interpret" is similar to matching of language tags, see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4647#section-3.2.
> CL>> "Language tag matching is a tool, and does not by itself specify a  complete procedure for the use of language tags ...
> CL>> The matching specification itself makes clear that it there are many
> CL>> aspects that are left out for actually using language tags. But having no matching at all would be even less interoperability, hence the "imperfect" matching scheme.

Best,

Felix

>
> Wrt to 1 (local domain): would this also be relevant for other
> implementers of domain (asking again)?

About this one: we have Pablo and Yves saying in separate mails this 
might be of interest - enough to get through the w3c process. But is it 
worth another last call period?

Best,

Felix

>
> Best,
>
> Felix
>
> Am 15.01.13 19:32, schrieb Pablo Nieto Caride:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Felix, I think that a local domain could be interesting, at least WP4 client would be happy with that, I don't know what the others think.
>>
>> Christian, regarding the domain mapping I think that Yves and Felix are right, you can implement your own mapping, you can adapt it to specific MT if you want, as for the example <its:domainRule selector="/h:html/h:body" ... domainMapping="FIN, 'A A-1 A1-A1X'"/>, I certain MT Systems can manage the precedence by themselves.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pablo.
>> Hi,
>>
>> I wonder if it would be good idea to add the scenario I have provided (domain "system") and Felix' information on how to approach it (namely similar to language tag matching) to one of the "notes" that currently are in place for in the "domain" section.
>> Best regards,
>> Christian
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: christian.lieske@sap.com
>> Sent: Dienstag, 15. Januar 2013 08:10
>> To: 'Felix Sasaki'; public-multilingualweb-lt-comments@w3.org
>> Subject: RE: [Issue-75] - Domain
>>
>> Hi Felix,
>>
>> I follow your line of thought related to the similarities between "domainMapping" and matching of language tags. Thus, it would be OK for me to consider 2.b of http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-multilingualweb-lt-comments/2013Jan/0022.html closed.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Christian
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Felix Sasaki [mailto:fsasaki@w3.org]
>> Sent: Montag, 14. Januar 2013 19:27
>> To: public-multilingualweb-lt-comments@w3.org
>> Subject: Re: [Issue-75] - Domain
>>
>> Hi Christian, Yves, all,
>>
>> Am 14.01.13 16:52, schrieb Yves Savourel:
>>> Hi Christian, all,
>>>
>>>
>>> CL>> It seems as if I didn't manage to my point about this aspect of "domain" is clear.
>>> CL>> Let me to try to provide a remedy by adding to my original comment:
>>> CL>> Something like its-domain="financials" could not just be imagined
>>> CL>>to work in  a global rule (e.g. instead of a pointer); in addition, a local use of "domain"
>>> CL>> could be imagined
>>> CL>> Global: <its:domainRule selector="/h:html/h:body" its-domain="financials">
>>> CL>> Local: <em its-domain="financials">IMF</em>
>>>
>>> So (If I'm getting this right) you'd like a way to override the domain for spans of content? (Since the Dublin Core in HTML doesn't let you do that (the subject is define at the document level)).
>>>
>>> I think one of the reasons I hear early on was that today it would be difficult to make that distinction at the MT level. But I suppose MT engine selection is not the only application for domain. Maybe others have additional reason why we don't have a local domain?
>> Given the implementation driven approach we have made so far I would
>> ask: is there an implementation on the horizon that would process local domain?
>>
>>> CL>> Why do you think that the scenario that I sketch (multiply domain
>>> CL>> "systems" used in a processing chain) implies that a standard exists?
>>> CL>> I would rather think that the implication is the other way round:
>>> CL>> Since there is no standard, there is a need to accommodate heterogeneity.
>>>
>>> I agree, but so far that has not been part of the scope of ITS.
>>>
>>>
>>> CL>> I guess your point is valid in the sense that one could go for
>>> CL>> something like <its:domainRule selector="/h:html/h:body" ...
>>> CL>> domainMapping="FIN, 'A A-1 A1-A1X'"/>.
>>> CL>> However, this would require that additional information would have
>>> CL>> to be captured elsewhere (so that for example, the precedence
>>> CL>> 'A > A-1 > A1-A1X' could be captured).
>>>
>>> ITS doesn't prescribe what the right part of the mapping must be or how it should be used.
>>> It's really just a way to allow user-defined mechanisms to be connected to the input metadata.
>>> I suppose it is also beyond the scope of ITS.
>> As I understand Christian he does not ask to prescripe a mapping, but
>> "to accomodate for heterogeneity": allow people to formulate their own
>> mapping.
>>
>> I think we do that: we don't make the usage of the mapping attribute
>> mandatory. It is an optional attribute. If "our" mapping algorithm
>> doesn't respond to a specific mapping approach, everybody can implement
>> his own mapping.
>>
>> This is similar to matching of language tags, see
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4647#section-3.2
>> "Language tag matching is a tool, and does not by itself specify a
>> complete procedure for the use of language tags.  Such procedures are
>> intimately tied to the application protocol in which they occur."
>> The matching specification itself makes clear that it there are many
>> aspects that are left out for actually using language tags. But having
>> no matching at all would be even less interoperability, hence the
>> "imperfect" matching scheme.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Felix
>>
>>> cheers,
>>> -yves
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

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