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I'm pleased to announce the availablity of a new draft of a W3C TAG
Finding on "The Self-Describing Web". [1,2] There are a number of
significant revisions, most of which were motivated by suggestions made by
the TAG at the face to face meeting in February, 2008 [3]. I have also
attempted to address the several suggestions I've received in email since
the previous draft [4] was published.
I expect that this new draft will be discussed at the upcoming face to
face meeting of the TAG in Bristol, and it's my hope that we'll find it
more or less ready for final publication. I know of at least two areas in
which a little bit of further cleanup will be needed:
* Tim Berners-Lee has asked me to include a diagram that he's prepared
that shows in some detail the "algorithm" used to explore information on
the Web. I have included it [5], but the only copy available to me is a
.png that is not suitable for editing or cleanup. There are at least a
few typos in it, and the size is a problem when printing. I'm hoping that
Tim can get me the source, or else can help me get a cleaner copy for
inclusion in the final finding.
* I have updated the discussion on RDFa [6], reflecting in part the latest
RDFa drafts [7,8] and also some guidance received from members of the
group(s) working on RDFa. I encourage members of the TAG to satisfy
themselves that the revised text conveys the right messages, and I of
course encourage those involved with RDFa to make sure I haven't
misunderstood their intentions. If that all goes OK, then we'll have to
decide whether to point to the RDFa working drafts, or else to hold up the
self-description finding until RDFa progresses. (FWIW: I'd really like to
ship the self-desc. finding).
Comments should be sent to the www-tag@w3.org mailing list. Thank you.
Noah
[1] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/selfDescribingDocuments.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/selfDescribingDocuments-2008-05-12.html
[3] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2008/02/27-minutes#item04
[4] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/selfDescribingDocuments-2008-02-08.html
[5] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/selfDescribingDocuments.html#AlgPicture
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Noah Mendelsohn
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