- From: Dickinson, Ian J. (HP Labs, Bristol, UK) <ian.dickinson@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:45:06 +0000
- To: "martin.hepp@uibk.ac.at" <martin.hepp@uibk.ac.at>, semantic-web at W3C <semantic-web@w3c.org>
Hi Martin, Registering an email address to allow you to notify users of software changes is reasonable (though you could also use RSS for that). But I'm surprised that registration has a mandatory requirement for personal details like nationality, postal address and gender. That seems both intrusive and of minimal utility - how does my nationality affect my ability to browse an online ontology? I note you have no privacy statement about what you will do with such private data, which is a legal requirement in many jurisdictions. Ian ____________________________________________________________ Ian Dickinson http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Ian_Dickinson HP Laboratories Bristol mailto:ian.dickinson@hp.com Hewlett-Packard Limited Registered No: 690597 England Registered Office: Cain Road, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN
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