- From: Frank Manola <fmanola@mitre.org>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 09:09:16 -0400
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- CC: Eric Miller <em@w3.org>, w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org, brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
I agree with Dan. It may be necessary for "official reasons" to include these statements, but it seems to me they could go at the end. As part of the core "primer" material, it might be reasonable to include some discussion about the relationship of the material in the Primer to the actual specs, expressed in normal English (i.e., not using terms like "normative"). --Frank Dan Connolly wrote: > Eric Miller wrote: > >>v 0.1 of RDF Primer scope, outline and open issues is available for comments. >> >>http://www.w3.org/2001/09/rdfprimer/ >>$Id: Overview.html,v 1.6 2001/09/25 21:08:40 em Exp $ >> > > > Hmm... > "RDF Primer is a non-normative document ..." > > I'd like to nip this sort of tone in the bud. > > I'd rather the first sentences in the document were something > light and energetic like... > > RDF is a nifty technology for integrating all sorts of stuff... > for getting the computers to acutally help solve problems, > rather than just shuttling them between people. > > If you're new to RDF, or you have been put off > by all the stilted language-lawyer-ese RDF documentation, > this document is for you! > > > -- Frank Manola The MITRE Corporation 202 Burlington Road, MS A345 Bedford, MA 01730-1420 mailto:fmanola@mitre.org voice: 781-271-8147 FAX: 781-271-875
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