- From: Michael A. Dolan <miked@tbt.com>
- Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 13:13:35 -0700
- To: www-tv@w3.org (WWW TV List)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I wish it were that easy. They are fine as they are, but not sufficient. At 08:26 PM 9/1/99 +0300, Kimmo Loytana wrote: > >Michael, > >Now that Warner pointed out the existing W3C document about URIs, >I would prefer using the terminology defined in that one >for those terms that are defined in it. >I think these definitions are fairly good and especially do not clash >with different semantics being used elsewhere. > >Regards, >Kimmo > >------ >"EXT Michael A. Dolan" wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Rich, Kimmo, et al- >> >> As I said earlier, my definitions do not match up with any one >> organization, and I knew this discussion would happen anyway despite >> my making that disclaimer. >> >> The problem is that an [MPEG] "re-alignment" changes the meaning. A >> Program in MPEG is not a Program in the Studio. So, what do we do >> when someone from Disney Studios wants to re-align the [MPEG] >> definitions to match their usage? Or someone from ATSC wants to use >> "virtual channel" instead of the DVB "service", or, etc. Using this >> pocess, we will *never* converge on definitions. >> >> And, I really hesitate to invent a bunch of new terms that are >> meaningless to everyone. >> >> I wanted badly to defer to SMPTE EG28, but I found it is somewhat out >> of date (1993) and didn't contain everything that was needed. >> >> So, I'd like to propose the following "rules" for our Glossary: >> >> 1. We defer to SMPTE EG28 as the first authority. >> 2. If the term is not defined there, then use the MPEG definition >> 3. If the term is not defined there, only then we can debate it. >> >> Is this acceptable to everyone? >> >> [For those of you that don't have EG28, "Program" is undefined, so we >> would use the MPEG definition as Kimmo has proposed ;-)] >> >> Mike >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 >> Charset: noconv >> >> iQA/AwUBN81JzSl9dIG/haQGEQIdTQCg9128qeeDrYij9GrGj4hCvgn1cOAAmgNv >> rbQR5XOsTAccCAHDHlO7zBJo >> =MM0i >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> Michael A. Dolan, Representing DIRECTV, (619)445-9070 >> PO Box 1673 Alpine, CA 91903 FAX: (619)445-6122 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN82I7il9dIG/haQGEQJgKQCgwH8lh1X+swhfDXGW/LDOHJnt5RYAn115 HHByF0PYA7D68Gu2ALZpeJCA =gboS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------ Michael A. Dolan, Representing DIRECTV, (619)445-9070 PO Box 1673 Alpine, CA 91903 FAX: (619)445-6122
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