Re: Name of the CG

> On 26 Nov 2015, at 13:58, Raphael Wimmer <Raphael.Wimmer@sprachlit.uni-regensburg.de> wrote:
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> Hi,
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>>>> Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> 11/26/15 1:31 PM >>>
>> On 26 Nov 2015, at 11:19, Sarven Capadisli <info@csarven.ca> wrote:
>>> I think the name of this CG is too narrow. Are we only talking about HTML?
> It is also the same generic name used by one of the tools. Consider renaming.
> My suggestion is to remain somewhat agnostic about the technology e.g., HTML,
> even though I'm sure that many of us are in agreement on that. I propose
> "Linked Research" as it better captures the actual initiative.
>> I would not agree with that. If we get to generic then we get nowhere. The
> issue is very very practical: to get to the point when scholarly publishing can
> be based, at last, on the Open Web Platform, ie, producing articles that are
> displayed through the usual Web environment. This means to use HTML5. The
> 'linked research' is an important but, in this respect, secondary to the goals
> of the CG. Ie, let us stay focused…
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> I tend to agree with Ivan. I was drawn to this community group because I am
> interested in the practical usability and utility of publishing and
> collaborating using open standards (and HTML is the de-facto standard).
> To me, the description of the group sounded like a place where concrete
> practical aspects of publishing scientific papers written in HTML are
> discussed.
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> FWIW, my primary topics of interest include:
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> - How to model the current structure of scientific papers (e.g. keywords,
> figures, footnotes, references) in HTML. Most parts seem straighforward, for
> others no HTML equivalent seems to exist.
> - How to represent references to other works in a way that is robust,
> versatile, and extendable.
> - How to make authoring of scientific papers in HTML as easy as possible
> - How to make HTML-only papers archivable and robust against link-rot and
> different/changing browser implementations (e.g., it would be bad if charts
> were displayed differently by different browsers)
> - How to use the capabilities of the WWW (links, interactivity, collaboration)
> for enhancing scientific communication.
> - How to get conferences / journals to accept submissions in HTML format (a
> topic, we are currently looking at).
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> Is this the right forum for discussing such questions?
> 

That would be my choice:-)

That being said, we may want to wait for Robin's opinion who, after all, initiated this CG. However, he is busy cooking and eating a turkey in New York today…

Ivan


> All the Best,
> Raphael
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