- From: Phil Archer <parcher@icra.org>
- Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:29:02 +0100
- To: wangxiao@musc.edu
- CC: "Michael K. Bergman" <mike@mkbergman.com>, "www-tag@w3.org WG" <www-tag@w3.org>, Jonathan Rees <jar@creativecommons.org>
Apologies, Xiaoshu, for my inadvertent singling out. I'll work with Jonathan and, I hope, others, to knock the use cases into shape and look forward to seeing what solution is forthcoming. Phil. Xiaoshu Wang wrote: > > > Michael K. Bergman wrote: >> >> Jonathan Rees wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Apr 8, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Phil Archer wrote: >>>> Jonathan, >>>> >>>> Clearly Xiaoshu is unhappy about this and that discussion will need >>>> to play out and, presumably, be taken into full account by the TAG. >>>> Meanwhile, I'm willing to help create the document - but my diary is >>>> pretty well full for this week and next. >>> >>> Don't single out Xiaoshu as there are other dissenters as well... The >>> first step is an issue summary document (focusing not on solutions >>> but on use cases), and preparing that can go on in parallel with >>> discussion of the merits of various solutions. >> >> +1 about singling out, but not about "dissenters" >> >> This is not about us v them, but us communicating to the broader public. > Yes. Thanks Michael and also Jonathan too for not "single (me) out". >> This is not a new concern and it will not go away. If there is an >> interest, I have been following these discussions for quite some >> months and have a lengthy set of references and individuals who have >> expressed concerns about these matters. >> >> For the record, I am one of those concerned individuals. >> >> If anyone thinks it is of use, I offer to try to summarize links and >> mail posts from the past 6 months or so. I actually think Xiaoshu's >> technical post in November and then Ian's response and many others >> thereafter could be relevant. (Though, as we know, the stuff goes >> back way further.) >> >> The TAG and everyone else on this list, I would think, must surely >> appreciate that issues of terminology, httpRange-14, and even the most >> recent Cool URIs update (nice, no mention anymore of "non-information >> resources") are becoming critical. >> >> These are not matters of ego or individuals. They are matters of how >> we communicate our enterprise to the broader public that is now >> getting focused on what we are doing. > True. This is not about ego, really, it is about the general health of > the web. > > Xiaoshu >
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