- From: Antoine Isaac <aisaac@few.vu.nl>
- Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:14:15 +0200
- To: public-xg-lld@w3.org
On 9/8/11 11:02 PM, Tom Baker wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 09:13:33PM +0200, Antoine Isaac wrote: >>> In the revised sentence [1], you write: >>> >>> By curating and maintaining datasets as truly linkable objects... >>> >>> The datasets themselves are linkable, of course, but isn't the point here about >>> the "items in" datasets? Alternatively, it could perhaps be written: >>> >>> By curating and maintaining datasets of truly linkable objects... >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> [1] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/index.php?title=Draft_recommendations_page_take2&diff=6309&oldid=6293 >> >> What I meant was to say that the librarians should *view* the objects in the >> datasets they curate as truly linkable resources, when they curate them. I.e, >> also change their methodology (though I've always argue that when tellind >> that a book is about "Paris", librarians do not only think of a string, they >> also have the actual city in mind...). >> >> So there was a bit more than your proposal. But if that's still unclear, I >> won't fight for it long :-) > > I understand your point, but the way it is written, it doesn't actually say > that the _objects_ in the datasets are viewed as truly linkable resources, it > says that the _datasets themselves_ are linkable. That's not untrue, but it > misses the point about the _objects_ being linkable... > "By curating and maintaining as truly linkable objects the resources described within datasets..."? Antoine
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