- From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:03:56 -0400
- To: Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com>
- Cc: Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>, "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>
This is a comment on http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-publishing-linking-20120918/ I applaud the TAG and the authors/editors (Ashok Malhotra, Larry Masinter, Jeni Tennison and Daniel Appelquist) for the work on this document. I think this is a particularly difficult document to write, but very important. Thank you! Although I have not read it in detail, after skimming through it I do have one suggestion. How about putting an executive summary up front, with the key points in simple, non-technical (or minimally technical) language? Since this document is intended "to inform future social and legal discussions of the Web", and most of the people involved in such discussions are likely to have minimal technical understanding of the web (or willingness to understand it), I think such a summary could be quite helpful. At present, the document reads very much like a technical specification -- which on the one hand is unavoidable -- but I cannot imagine policy makers, news reporters or others of mass influence getting through it. Thanks! -- David Booth, Ph.D. http://dbooth.org/ Opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of his employer.
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