Re: Arch Doc: 26 September 2003 Editor's Draft

Ian B. Jacobs wrote:

> How about this (mostly copying RF's text):
> 
>    The World Wide Web is an information space consisting of
>    resources that are interconnected by links defined within that
>    space.  This information space is the basis of, and is shared
>    by, a number of information systems, including the
>    "traditional" Web and emerging technologies such as Web
>    Services and the Semantic Web.  Within each of these systems,
>    agents (e.g., browsers, servers, spiders, and proxies) acting
>    within diverse networks provide, retrieve, create, analyze,
>    and reason about resources.

I object to a definition of the Web that doesn't mention the fact that 
it spans networks right in the first sentence.  Also, I think the 
"within diverse networks" phrase is a bit awkward in an otherwise 
excellent sentence -T

Received on Tuesday, 30 September 2003 16:23:30 UTC