- From: Tom Baker <tbaker@tbaker.de>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 19:32:50 -0400
- To: Karen Coyle <kcoyle@kcoyle.net>
- Cc: public-xg-lld@w3.org
Question for Emma below...
On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 11:52:46AM -0700, Karen Coyle wrote:
> >I am adding the following points to ConversionStyle [2]:
> >-- "e.g.," and "i.e.," (_with_ comma)
> >-- Avoid contractions: "don't" should be written: "do not"
> >-- "websites" (lower case)
> >-- Two spaces after a full stop:
> > "Sentence one. Sentence two" - and NOT: "Sentence one. Sentence two."
>
> Tom, not only is this not the norm today, the double spaces are not
> visible in HTML, which reduces all instances of multiple spaces to
> single in display.
Hmm, probably should have known... So I guess we don't have to bother with
fixing any extra spaces we find?
> >-- "cataloguing" (with a "u") - YES?
>
> No.
Right. Already changed - see my other mail and ConversionStyle.
> > Adoption of mainstream Linked Data technology will give libraries a wider
> > choice in vendors while broadening the potential user base of their
> > platform beyond the library. The use of standard Linked Data formats will
> > also allow libraries to recruit from and interact with a larger pool of
> > developers.
> >
> >Rationale: I do not understand what was meant by "broadening the
> >user base (and
> >thus capacity) of traditional library vendors."
>
> Me, neither, but I think some folks feel that libraries would be
> able to make more use of technology from non-library vendors if
> their standards were less library specific. As an example, libraries
> are now using RFID tag technology. The tags they use are not
> specific to libraries, but integration of tag-reading software and
> hardware with library systems is probably quite different to the
> task of integrating the reading technology with, say, warehouse
> inventory systems. So even where we use the same hardware, our
> software needs are a burden to potential vendors. (Not to mention
> our jargon!)
Thank you for the clarification, though I'm not quite sure I entirely get the
point, and at any rate, that's not how I read the sentence:
[1] Adoption of mainstream technology will allow libraries a wider choice in
vendors, meanwhile broadening the user base (and thus capacity) of
traditional library vendors.
As I see it, the point in the second part of that sentence is
now handled under "Benefits to developers and vendors", which says:
Library vendors that support Linked Data will be able to market their
products outside of the library world, ...
I therefore propose to cut the second part of the sentence from the section
"Benefits to organizations", to read [2]:
Adoption of mainstream Linked Data technology will give libraries a wider
choice in vendors, and the use of standard Linked Data formats will allow
libraries to recruit from and interact with a larger pool of developers.
IN SUMMARY...
Before (as I found it):
Adoption of mainstream technology will allow libraries a wider choice in
vendors, meanwhile broadening the user base (and thus capacity) of
traditional library vendors. Libraries will also be able to recruit from
and interact with a larger developer pool, when data formats are mainstream
rather than library-specific.
...and after (as I have edited it):
Adoption of mainstream Linked Data technology will give libraries a wider
choice in vendors, and the use of standard Linked Data formats will allow
libraries to recruit from and interact with a larger pool of developers.
...given that "Benefits to developers and vendors" says:
Library vendors that support Linked Data will be able to market their
products outside of the library world, ...
Emma, do you agree?
Tom
[1] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/index.php?title=Benefits&oldid=6054
[2] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/index.php?title=Benefits&diff=6088&oldid=6084
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