or, +1 to Hadrian.
On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Hugh McGuire <hugh@rebus.foundation> wrote:
> Not sure I caught every word in this thread, but I would like to +1 this
> general definition:
>
>
> - A Web Publication is an explicitly authored/created collection of
> one or more constituent resources, bound together through a manifest into a
> single logical work with a defined though not necessarily required reading
> order. The Web Publication is uniquely identifiable, presentable using Open
> Web Platform technologies, and available online or off. (from Greg/Matt)
>
> This seems to be closing in on the minimum viable definition, which should
> be the target here (IMO). What minimum pieces of data do we need to *know*
> we are looking at a web publication?
> — collection of resources
> — with a manifest
> — uniquely identifiable
> — suggested reading order
>
> probably unnecessary?
> — “available online" (isn’t this implied?)
>
> probably aspirational:
> — "available offline” is, I would argue, aspirational but not necessarily
> strictly required?
>
> probably not necessary:
> — “explicitly authored/created” … the spec should not care how the thing
> came to exist, just whether it is a thing or not. And, how would a
> validation system check to see if something is explicitly authored or
> created?
>
> So, if I could make a +1 minus a few things, I would edit down to:
>
>
> - *A Web Publication is a *[delete:n explicitly authored/created] *collection
> of one or more constituent resources, bound together through a manifest
> into a single logical work with a defined though not necessarily required
> reading order. The Web Publication is uniquely identifiable, presentable
> using Open Web Platform technologies*[delete:, and available online or
> off]*. (from Greg/Matt)*
>
> Giving us:
>
>
> - A Web Publication is a collection of one or more constituent
> resources, bound together through a manifest into a single logical work
> with a defined though not necessarily required reading order. The Web
> Publication is uniquely identifiable, presentable using Open Web Platform
> technologies. (from Greg/Matt)
>
>
>
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