RE: Draft minutes TAG f2f 6 Oct 2004

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Dan Connolly [mailto:connolly@w3.org]
> Sent: 07 October, 2004 16:15
> To: Stickler Patrick (Nokia-TP-MSW/Tampere)
> Cc: www-tag@w3.org; chris@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Draft minutes TAG f2f 6 Oct 2004
> 
> 
> On Oct 7, 2004, at 10:10 AM, <Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com> wrote:
> [... skipping over the bits that are not about correctly 
> recording the 
> meeting; I'll reply to those separately under a different 
> subject. ...]
> > 2. In the discussion regarding Claud Shannon's work, TimBL
> > states that he uses the term "information resource" in the
> > same way as Claud Shannon,
> 
> where? ah...
> 
> ] Tim: I am using info resource the same way as claude shannon
> 
> I think that was mis-transcribed.
> 
> I heard TimBL say he uses the term "information" in the same
> way Shannon used it.

Fair enough. Thanks.

Patrick

> 
> >  though in the referenced materials
> > Claud Shannon appears to only use the term "information source"
> > (not resource) and I would expect that there is a singificant
> > distinction there (such that if the distinction is lost, much
> > confusion could arise). Every source may be a kind of resource,
> > but not every resource may be a kind of source.
> 
> -- 
> Dan
> 
>

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