Re: definition of Web Publication

I'm gonna go with "+1".   I tend to think "uniquely identifiable grouping"
is key.  Matt, did you omit that on purpose?

Best,
   Garth


On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Matt Garrish <matt.garrish@gmail.com>
wrote:

> It's a somewhat vague definition, I find. What really sets it apart from a
> web page or web site, for example? Those have constituent resources, are
> uniquely identifiable and viewable using OWP technologies. It also leaves
> open the question of what "organized together" means.
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> I hate writing quick responses to terminology, but something like the
> following would be more where my thinking is:
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> A Web Publication (WP) is a representation of an artistic or intellectual
> work using Open Web Platform technologies. It is defined by a collection of
> constituent resources linked together through a manifest.
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> Matt
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> *From:* Siegman, Tzviya - Hoboken [mailto:tsiegman@wiley.com]
> *Sent:* July 24, 2017 1:04 PM
> *To:* W3C Publishing Working Group <public-publ-wg@w3.org>
> *Subject:* definition of Web Publication
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> The DPUB IG proposed a definition of Web Publications [1, 2]
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> Here are the short definitions. Please see [1] for the longer definition.
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> ·  A Web Publication (WP) is a collection of one or more constituent
> resources, organized together in a uniquely identifiable grouping that may
> be presented using standard Open Web Platform technologies.
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> ·  A Packaged Web Publication (PWP) is a Web Publication
> <https://www.w3.org/TR/pwp/#dfn-web-publication> whose constituent
> resources are combined into a single distributable file, using some
> standard packaging format.
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> ·  In this document, manifest refers to an abstract means to contain
> information necessary to the proper management, rendering, and so on, of a
> publication. This is opposed to metadata that contains information on the
> content of the publication like author, publication date, and so on. The
> precise format of how such a manifest is stored is not considered in this
> document.
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> If you are happy with these definitions, a simple +1 vote is sufficient.
> If you are not, please vote -1 and propose revisions.
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> Thank you,
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> [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/pwp/#whatisawebpublication
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> [2] https://www.w3.org/TR/pwp/#terminology
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> *Tzviya Siegman*
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> Information Standards Lead
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> Wiley
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> 201-748-6884 <(201)%20748-6884>
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> tsiegman@wiley.com
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