RE: Editorial: Ambiguous use of the terms "include" and "import"

I am satisfied with this resolution.


On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 20:43 -0700, Jonathan Marsh wrote:
> Thank you for your comment - we tracked this as a Last Call comment
> LC121 [1].  The Working Group referred this to the editors for
> incorporation.
> 
> If we don't hear otherwise within two weeks, we will assume this
> satisfies your concern.
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/desc/4/lc-issues/issues.html#LC121
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: public-ws-desc-comments-request@w3.org [mailto:public-ws-desc-
> > comments-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of David Booth
> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:35 PM
> > To: public-ws-desc-comments@w3.org
> > Cc: dbooth@w3.org
> > Subject: Editorial: Ambiguous use of the terms "include" and "import"
> > 
> > 
> > Part 1 uses the words "include" and "import" in several places without
> > being clear about whether they are referring to wsdl:include and
> > wsdl:import or xs:include and xs:import.
> > 
> > In fact, these terms appear to be used in two different ways in the
> > same
> > table, in some cases referring to the wsdl: versions, and in other
> > cases
> > referring to the xs: versions.  For example, in the table in sec 2.1.3
> > "Mapping Description's XML Representation to Component Properties"
> > http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2002/ws/desc/wsdl20/wsdl20.html?co
> > ntent-type=text/html;%20charset=utf-8#Description_Mapping
> > the entry for {type definitions} says:
> > 
> >          ". . . plus any imported type definitions . . .",
> > 
> > which (I think) is referring to xs:import, whereas the entry for
> > {interfaces} says:
> > 
> >          ". . . plus any included or imported Interface components . .
> > ."
> > 
> > which is referring to wsdl:include and wsdl:import.
> > 
> > I think it would be good to look throughout the document at how these
> > terms
> > are used, and disambiguate each usage, such as writing "included via
> > wsdl:include" instead of simply "included".
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > David Booth
> > W3C Fellow / Hewlett-Packard
> > Telephone: +1.617.253.1273
> > 
> > 
> 
-- 
David Booth <dbooth@w3.org>

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