- From: Al Gilman <Alfred.S.Gilman@IEEE.org>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:53:21 -0400
- To: olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
- Cc: www-qa@w3.org
At 11:19 AM +0900 8/20/04, olivier Thereaux wrote: >Hello Al, > > >On Aug 20, 2004, at 4:23, Al Gilman wrote: >>[...] >> >>Rather, say >> >>"In addition to making your URIs suitably machine processable by >>following the specifications, making them user-friendly will pay off >>in increased readership. Human-processable URIs spread better through >>word-of-mouth and plain-text communication, which is a lever you want >>to use. Nothing builds trust like a referral from a friend." > >Good ideas, I will try to include some of this wording into my draft. > >>Some discussion: >> >>Please see the Architecture Document on URI Opacity: >> http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/#uri-opacity > >Indeed, I was about to link to this section (recently read the >updated webarch draft) > >>Machine processing and human comprehension and reproduction of URIs are not >>anthetical. It is both necessary that they be machine processable >>and good that >>they be easy for people to process. > >Indeed, I think that's what we're trying to convey. Excellent. >>In the tip don't say >> >>"Despite the fact that URIs are only supposed to be machine >>processable, it is yet good to make them behave well when processed >>by people." > >I am not sure which revision/version of the draft you found this >wording in. The latest draft does not appear to have it: >http://www.w3.org/QA/2004/08/readable-uri > [for concreteness in pointing the editor's cursor...] That was a paraphrase of the following wording: <quote cite= "http://www.w3.org/QA/2004/08/readable-uri"> By design, URIs are supposed to be mere identifiers, only to be processed by Web agents and servers. ... It is however sometimes preferable ... </quote> That introductory section "Why readable URIs?" should probably be rewritten around the positive message. It's not necessary to start with such a severe caveat, as you can see. Al > >-- >olivier > > >content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; > name=PGP.sig >content-description: This is a digitally signed message part >content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig >content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:PGP 42.sig (pgDS/ ) (00061D6A)
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