Re: Discussion thread for review BP introduction

2015-11-19 13:18 GMT+01:00 Jeremy Tandy <jeremy.tandy@gmail.com>:

> Hi-
>
> regarding Frans' point #3
>
> - I think it would help to have explanations for things like WFS,
> SDI, WMS.. .Perhaps add hyperlinks to wikipedia pages explaining those
> concepts?
>
> Would suggest that we include definitions pertinent to the best practice
> within the BP doc itself (e.g. a glossary in an appendix); we can then use
> some respec magic to refer to these definitions where ever we use those
> terms.
>

That looks like a good idea. Keeping definitions self-contained will
benefit durability of the document.


> Jeremy
>
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 at 11:03 Ed Parsons <eparsons@google.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Linda, That seems a great start..
>>
>> Only one comment, I think we need to make the point that the key problems
>> we are try to solve is discoverability and accessibility, it's not that
>> there is a lack of geospatial data, but the data that has been published if
>> difficult to find and often problematic to access for non-specialist
>> users.  How overarching goal therefore is to bring publishing geospatial
>> data into the web mainstream as a mechanism for solving these twin problems.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 at 10:15 Frans Knibbe <frans.knibbe@geodan.nl> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Linda,
>>>
>>> A few remarks:
>>>
>>>
>>>    1. About "Spatial data, or data related to a specific location, is
>>>    what this Best Practice is all about": Shouldn't it be 'Best Practice
>>>    document' in stead of 'Best Practice'? And 'data related to a specific
>>>    location' seems to exclude coverage data. Shouldn't the document provide
>>>    best practices for coverage data too?
>>>    2. Perhaps the introduction is not the right place, but I think
>>>    there should be a reference to the UCR document somewhere, and the
>>>    requirements for best practices described there;
>>>    3. I think it would help to have explanations for things like WFS,
>>>    SDI, WMS.. .Perhaps add hyperlinks to wikipedia pages explaining
>>>    those concepts?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Frans
>>>
>>> 2015-11-19 8:27 GMT+01:00 Linda van den Brink <l.vandenbrink@geonovum.nl
>>> >:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As promised yesterday in the telecon – here’s a thread for review
>>>> comments on the Introduction section I wrote in the BP.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please review this section:
>>>>
>>>> http://w3c.github.io/sdw/bp/#intro
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ... and then please post your comments as a reply to this email.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It’s a first draft, and I aimed to keep it short and readable. The
>>>> language is intentionally pretty informal. Any comments are welcome at this
>>>> stage!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Linda
>>>>
>>>>
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