- From: Williams, Stuart (HP Labs, Bristol) <skw@hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:35:02 +0000
- To: "wangxiao@musc.edu" <wangxiao@musc.edu>, Jonathan Rees <jar@creativecommons.org>
- CC: "Michael K. Bergman" <mike@mkbergman.com>, "www-tag@w3.org WG" <www-tag@w3.org>, Phil Archer <parcher@icra.org>
Xiaoshu, > -----Original Message----- > From: www-tag-request@w3.org [mailto:www-tag-request@w3.org] > On Behalf Of Xiaoshu Wang > Sent: 10 April 2008 17:13 > To: Jonathan Rees > Cc: Michael K. Bergman; www-tag@w3.org WG; Phil Archer > Subject: Re: Uniform access to descriptions > > Jonathan Rees wrote: <snip/> > Jonathan, > > I don't want to be annoying. But please make a clear and objective > definition of *description* for UA2D. > > Honestly, I don't think how you can separate UA2D from httpRange-14 > because you can only define *description* w.r.t. IR or non-IR. > > I bet if you think hard enough, you will find that *description* is the > same thing as *representation*. Inventing a synonymy won't solve any > problem. > > Xiaoshu [In what follows "s/awww:resource/thing" if you prefer] With apologies for all the 'awww:...'ing, but Pat did ask that we speak very carefully. That one 'awww:resource' describes another 'awww:resource' (possibly amongst other 'awww:resource') is a relation between 'awww:resources' and other 'awww:resources' which describe them. A given 'awww:resource' may have one or more 'awww:representations' (ephemeral messages which convey some view of current 'content' of the given 'awww:resource'). Those 'awww:representations' are *not* the give 'awww:resource' they are 'of' it, but they are not 'it'. I think that we, you an I have agreed on that many times already. 'awww:resources' that described also have 'awww:representations', but those are 'awww:representations' of the description (an 'awww:resource' that describes) and *not* 'awww:representations' of the described 'awww:resource'. Phew... So... Synonymy? No! Thanks, Stuart -- Hewlett-Packard Limited registered Office: Cain Road, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN Registered No: 690597 England
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