Re: Reassessing applicability of (legacy) concepts

> So the question is, do we make such “outdated” terms non-normative, or
> do we remove/deprecate them?

+1 for remove/deprecate them

Regards,
Sabrina

On 25/10/2016 06:14, Renato Iannella wrote:
> 
>> On 24 Oct. 2016, at 17:42, Simon Steyskal <simon.steyskal@wu.ac.at
>> <mailto:simon.steyskal@wu.ac.at>> wrote:
>>
>> We are mostly talking about adding new concepts to ODRL and/or
>> extending already existing ones. But we've never questioned the
>> practicality/applicability of some of ODRL's (legacy) concepts. For
>> example, we have actions like install/uninstall [1,2] or move [3] that
>> were added to ODRL 1.0 back in 2002 [4], but were hardly changed ever
>> since and seem oddly specific considering actions like "download" or
>> "query" aren't included in ODRL.
> 
> These mainly were from MPEG-21 requirements….A long time ago (when
> installing software was an art form ;-)
> 
> We did touch on this point in Lisbon, when we discussed normative V
> non-normative terms. 
> (This topic is on the teleconference agenda.)
> 
> I think, as you say, if we ask “does anyone use/need this”…there will be
> silence.
> 
> For some terms, they should become non-normative (maybe many will).
> 
> However, for “outdated” concepts, we should consider
> removing/deprecating them.
> 
> So the question is, do we make such “outdated” terms non-normative, or
> do we remove/deprecate them?
> 
> Renato Iannella, Monegraph
> Co-Chair, W3C Permissions & Obligations Expression (POE) Working Group
> 

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