- From: Silvia Llorente <silviall@ac.upc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 10:04:41 +0200
- To: Renato Iannella <renato.iannella@monegraph.com>, W3C POE WG <public-poe-wg@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <49acf79f-6d35-1074-19eb-429d5f42d23e@ac.upc.edu>
Dear all, Maintaining ODRL is also ok for me. Best regards, Silvia El 15/09/2016 a las 2:45, Renato Iannella escribió: > > I have grave concerns about the suggestion to change the name of ODRL > in order to address misperceptions. > > If there are indeed perceptions, then the solution is not a name > change but information sharing, education and dialogue. > > I want to use the example of W3C's Encrypted Media Extensions as an > example to make my point. > In response to significant and negative media saturation by the > Electronic Frontier Foundation (including street protests), W3C did > not change the name of the EME specification. Instead they > disseminated considered arguments for the reason(s) behind the work. > This demonstrates leadership. > > We are not exactly in the same situation, but we should not be mislead > into thinking that merely changing the name of a specification will > magically cause perceptions to change. > > This is why the ODRL Community (from V2.0) moved towards "policy" as > our main language driver, as this has been a deliberate move by the > ODRL community embrace holistic initiatives and support general policies. > > The ODRL community has been working diligently for the past 16 YEARS > building up community of trust around a common need for policy > expressions. > > There is no technical and architectural reason for a name change. I > am concerned that a push to impose a name change would be poorly > received, perhaps even considered by some to be disparaging an > dismissive of the community’s careful and considered work over the years. > > The ODRL brand is important as it is well established amongst many > communities. An ill-considered change of name will cause disruption, > confusion and lead to less trust and acceptance. > > Existing users and implementors of ODRL, the ODRL Community Group, and > ODRL Profile communities will be left frustrated, and disenfranchised. > > I strongly support keeping the name of ODRL while continuing to focus > efforts on making it a better language so that it becomes part of the > web framework for future digital publishing. > > I oppose the proposal to change the name of ODRL. > > > Renato Iannella, Monegraph > Co-Chair, W3C Permissions & Obligations Expression (POE) Working Group > --- El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electrónico en busca de virus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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