- From: Frank Manola <fmanola@mitre.org>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:03:15 -0400
- To: Patrick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
- CC: RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
To be fair, I think some "contextual" information ought to be documented in the archive (which it will be when this message is archived): while it may be reasonable to be concerned about certain "questionable language" appearing in WG email (and the archive), it needs to be understood that the "questionable" term was, in fact, used a fair bit in certain verbal discussions of examples at the RDF Core F2F, and thus it wasn't arbitrarily introduced into the discussion by Patrick (i.e., Patrick was continuing in email a discussion that had started verbally). If the fact that the term was used in verbal discussion reflects badly on the WG, "TS" (you can contact me privately if you don't know what that means!) --Frank Patrick Stickler wrote: > > Regarding > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2002Jun/0181.html > > Firstly, apologies for any offense caused by any content of that > message, and sincerest apologies to Brian for making him an unwilling > acomplice to my use of questionable language. > > Even though the two questions with multiple choice answers did contain > a lame attempt at humor, I was actually quite serious about the form > in which the two entailments of concern are presented. > > Thus, removing the fourth answer in both cases, I think they represent > an effective way to query the community about their expectations regarding > tidyness without forcing them to understand the brutal details. > > Regards, > > Patrick > -- 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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