Re: Moving Activity Vocabulary to IG, minimize AS2.0 Core? [was Re: Clarify objections to JSON [was Re: Getting the group back on track]]

On 10/20/2015 05:51 PM, James M Snell wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Harry Halpin <hhalpin@w3.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/19/2015 05:12 PM, James M Snell wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Ben <ben@thatmustbe.me> wrote:
>>>> I agree Harry,
>>>>
>>>> JSON sounds great, AS2 is not just JSON, its a bunch of stuff piled on there.
>>>> Its messy, Its overly complex, and it forgot the KISS principle.
>> I think the simplest idea might be to drastically simplify AS2.0 even
>> more so that it fits the KISS principle, and put the Activity Vocabulary
>> into an IG note. That was the original plan in the charter. The
>> reasoning is that discussions about metadata, despite being interesting,
>> can last forever and will likely change.
>>
>> Would there be any objections to this?
> Yes, there would be. I'm still waiting on an answer to what makes it
> "overly complex" and "messy".
>
> The two existing documents have been largely stable with minimal
> changes for months now. The two documents have been iterated on for
> over a year. Let's not waste time by revisiting conversations that
> were settled a year ago. If there are specific recommendations for
> things to be removed from either doc, folks should make the case for
> those specific edits as opposed to making less than helpful vague
> blanket statements.

I would not take silence as a big +1. It may simply mean that folks
haven't implemented it yet. That is what we are trying to organize -
i.e. folks try implementing it, and then you'll have feedback.

Also, AS1.0's attempt to make a mega-vocabulary was one of the things
that killed it, as the world of social interaction is too big to fit
into a single vocabulary. That's why I think Activity Vocabulary should
go as an IG Note, to allow easy expansion. The process of  updating a
Rec is much more difficult.

Otherwise, I see the IG having no useful purpose and recommend closing
it ASAP.

      cheers,
         harry


>
> - James

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