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Re: Petitioning ISWC to allow Web friendly formats

From: Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 09:11:36 -0700
To: Pascal Christoph <christoph@hbz-nrw.de>
CC: "beyond-the-pdf@googlegroups.com" <beyond-the-pdf@googlegroups.com>, Linking Open Data <public-lod@w3.org>, SW-forum <semantic-web@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CDAD4DFC.186B5%lrosenth@adobe.com>
On 5/6/13 12:03 PM, "Pascal Christoph" <christoph@hbz-nrw.de> wrote:

>>>Given that generalization, PDF is not as Web friendly as HTML and
>>>friends, 
>> 
>> That is a definition that YOU have chosen. It is not one that is used by
>> any official standards body, government regulation, etc. As such, it's
>>use
>> creates confusion amongst the uninformed user and that's certainly
>> something none of us want.
>
>In the contrary , these official standard bodys are uninformed and thus
>is the
>normal user. 

They are?  Can you provide an example of a recognized standards body -
W3C, ISO, ETSI, etc. - or a specific government regulation is that
"uninformed"??


>There are many Articles explaining the cons (and pros) of PDF, e.g [1].
>
>[1]http://www.siamcomm.com/website-design/using-pdf-files-pros-and-cons/

You will notice in the comments on that page that I noted (back in 2009!!)
just TWO features of PDF that the author of the article was UNIFORMED
aboutŠ



Leonard
Received on Monday, 6 May 2013 16:12:35 UTC

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