- From: Aaron Swartz <aswartz@upclink.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:45:54 -0500
- To: wai-tech-comments@w3.org
- Cc: "Sean B. Palmer" <sean@mysterylights.com>, William Loughborough <love26@gorge.net>, "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
Hello all, (Note: I am not subscribed to this list, so leave me CCed on your message if you want me to see it / respond.) Looking over XMLGL[1], I notice that some of its terminology is confusing to many of us familiar with another way of looking at XML. It speaks about "metadata" and "data" tags, but seemingly goes on to specify guidelines for "document" tagsets, not data ones. You also say confusing things about "metadata-oriented" tagsets, which I think could be clarified. - ACTION: Clarify XMLGL Terminology And while some of your guidelines are relevant only for document tagsets, many apply to data tagsets also. It'd be nice if the separation were clearer. Also, some data-specific guidelines should be added, like grounding the data in URI-space, and using some sort of assertion-based system to represent it. (Preferrably RDF.) - ACTION: Add guidelines for data-based tagsets Also, even what XMLGL calls "metadata-oriented" material should be accessible in some ways, providing room for comments/annotations that are semantically available, etc. - ACTION: Add guidelines for "metadata-oriented" tagsets Possibly, some guidelines could be generalized, or split to apply to multiple types of documents. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xmlgl-20010829 I hope these comments are helpful, -- [ "Aaron Swartz" ; <mailto:me@aaronsw.com> ; <http://www.aaronsw.com/> ]
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