Re: Draft RDFCore comments on web architecture document

I support this revised version.

Cheers,

Patrick


On Mar 22, 2004, at 10:36, ext McBride, Brian wrote:

>
>
> Here is an updated strawman formal comment from RDFCore to the TAG
> concerning the architecture document last call.
>
> I have made the following changes to the previous draft:
>
> 1) Added the link to Patrick's comments
> 2) To address Graham's comment I've modified  the second point to  
> spefically
> mention reference and denotation.
> 3) I've a new third point in response to the comment from Frank.
>
> I would still like to decide by email to send this by Tues 23 Mar  
> 2004.  I
> think I've heard support from Jeremy and Graham, and Frank and Patrick
> subject to satisfactorily addressing their comments.  I've heard no
> objections.  If Frank and Patrick are satisfied by the changes I think  
> that
> is just about enough, though I would prefer more statements of support.
>
> I think we are on course to send this.
>
> Brian
>
>
> ===========
>
> RDFCore would like to congratulate the TAG for making an excellent  
> start on
> documenting the principles that govern the design of the architecture  
> of the
> web.  We also recognise the great difficulty of the task the TAG has  
> taken
> on.
>
> In response to the call for review of [1], several members of the  
> RDFCore WG
> have submitted many detailed comments on the document [2][3][4][5]  
> which we
> hope the TAG will find useful.  We are confident the TAG will give due
> consideration to each comment on its merits with or without specific
> endorsement by the RDFCore WG.  RDFCore requests, however, that the  
> tag pay
> particular attention to comments that relate to:
>
>    - having a clear vocabulary and meaning for fundamentatal notions  
> such as
> resource, representation, naming, identifying etc.
>    - reference and dentotation and other forms of use of URIs with and
> without fragment identifiers
>    - allowing URIs that identify resources such as people that are not  
> 'on
> the web'
>    - notions of authority and ownership of URIs and resources
>
> clarifying the effects of allowing non-dereferenceable URIs  
> (identifying
> such things as people) within the Web architecture
>
> We trust that the citation of the RDF Model and Syntax specification be
> replaced with a citation of the new RDF Concepts and Abstract Syntax
> document [6] in due course.
>
> Brian McBride (co-chair)
> On behalf of the RDFCore WG
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-webarch-20031209/
> [2]
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webarch-comments/ 
> 2004JanMar/0024.
> html
> [3]
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webarch-comments/ 
> 2004JanMar/1053.
> html
> [4]
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webarch-comments/ 
> 2004JanMar/1057.
> html
> [5]
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webarch-comments/2004Feb/ 
> 0000.htm
> l
> [6] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210/
>
>

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Patrick Stickler
Nokia, Finland
patrick.stickler@nokia.com

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