- From: Jonathan A Rees <rees@mumble.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:07:02 -0400
- To: Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com>
- Cc: Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>, "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com> wrote: > > On 3/30/2012 11:56 AM, Jonathan A Rees wrote: >> >> Hmm... I agree in spirit, but as an aside I quibble with the phrasing >> of the last part, and since terminology is really screwing us over I >> want to hit what you say hard. "Representation" remember is a war >> zone, with Roy using it one way (see REST and HTTPbis) and TimBL using >> it another. It is an instrument of propaganda. In Roy's view a >> description could very well be a representation; in TimBL's that is >> not enough. > > > I don't think we need to fight that war to get as far as agreeing on the > spirit of the Self-describing Web finding: I tried to be clear in my message, let me try again: I do agree with the spirit and what you said. I was just doing an aside, a terminology quibble, really quite unrelated to what you meant to say. With TAG members I am going to be a pain in the butt regarding terminology, especially "representation" - get used to it! I am trying to train everyone to be clear, and if they someone uses a disputed word in a way I don't like, to be explicit about which meaning they intend when they use it. Jonathan
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