- From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) <clbullar@ingr.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 08:26:53 -0500
- To: "'Roy T. Fielding'" <fielding@apache.org>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
Not as I've come to understand it, but sense distinctions are usual in a nascent field. Interaction, multiple media including streaming media are included. Nelson coined hypertext; I don't have a precise origin for hypermedia, but hypertext as the general term has not been applicable for a long time. I looked at the papers at the top of the Google returns. These papers conflate visualization with query classification. There are lots of metaphorical descriptions like that. Discussions of clustering, vector addressing, how to visualize in 2D and 3D space have been tossed around for a long time and are useful as long as the word senses include visualization of the topical clusters. I don't think they add any clarity to the architectural document unless they can be tied directly and of necessity to the systems themselves. If the information space terminology is to be added, it should be accompanied by a precise abstraction with sense distinctions. IMHO, visualization is an application, not an architectural distinction. len From: Roy T. Fielding [mailto:fielding@apache.org] > Except, it's wrong. The term that is used to > to describe 'hyperlink' systems which include multiple > formats is 'hypermedia'. No, that term was created by folks who wanted to distinguish links in streaming media from those in static renderings. > This document needs a scope-limited glossary. Sure. Please feel free to indicate terms that can be misunderstood, but don't ask me to find "better" terms just because they seem unfamiliar or awkward. "information space", for example, is a well-understood term in hypertext research and information retrieval/visualization. I have seen it used at WWW, hypertext, CHI, and software engineering conferences, and it means the same thing for all of them. http://www.google.com/ search?hl=en&q=hypertext+information+space&btnG=Google+Search For example, see the second sentence in http://www.w3.org/Summary.html ....Roy
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