- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:14:53 +0200
- To: Etan Wexler <ewexler@stickdog.com>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
On Wednesday, August 11, 2004, 12:41:25 AM, Etan wrote:
EW> Chris Lilley wrote to <mailto:www-tag@w3.org> on 10 August 2004 in "Re:
EW> Proposed text for 3.6.3 Supporting Navigation"
EW> (<mid:1408474571.20040810220756@w3.org>):
>>>> Dirk goes to http://mymap.example.org, locates the museum, and
>>>> mails
>>>> the URI
>>>> http://mymap.example.org/geo?sessionID=765345;userID=Dirk to
>>>> Nadia. Dirk reads Nadia's email and is able to follow the link to
>>>> the
>>>> map. Nadia reads Dirk's email, follows the link, and receives an
>>>> error
>>>> message 'No such session/user'. She has start again from
>>>> http://mymap.example.org and find the museum location once more.
>>
>> EW> From the W3C Manual of Style [MANUAL]:
>>
>> EW> First person pronouns ("I," "we") which are hard to translate
>> should
>> EW> not be used in the text of examples. See the email message
>> "Personal
>> EW> pronouns in specifications" [PRONOUNS]. Avoid "my" and "me" in
>> examples
>> EW> (e.g., use "userResource" and not "myResource").
>>
>> Okay, s/She/Nadia
EW> I was unclear. The problem is the domain label "mymap". Could the label
EW> "travel" replace "mymap"?
Not while retaining the same sense, no.
The point is that the site "My*" is doing personalized stuff (like
My.Yahoo.com, etc) and is doing it the wrong way.
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Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org
Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
Member, W3C Technical Architecture Group
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