Re: Definition of the Public Web

On Jun 27, 2013, at 12:22 PM, Appelquist Daniel (UK) wrote:

> Might it be useful for this group to attempt to define what is meant by the term "public Web?" It's a term I think gets thrown around a lot but it seems to not have a formal definition. And if this group is going to try to focus its attention on the public Web then maybe we would benefit from having a shared definition of this term?

I would worry that it would then be possible for people to say "oh, my stuff is on the _public_ web as defined by W3C, but _their_ stuff, over there, is private", and I don't think that would be very helpful, given that the web has been successfully defined by inclusivity. 

Shouldn't web technologies continue to be inclusive, irrespective of where they are used? 

JohnK

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> Would someone like to take a crack at a straw man?
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> Dan