- From: Hugo Haas <hugo@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:41:54 +0100
- To: "Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler)" <RogerCutler@ChevronTexaco.com>
- Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
* Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler) <RogerCutler@ChevronTexaco.com> [2003-02-03 13:27-0600] > It seems to me that the separation of the glossary into functional > sections (Architecture, General, Roles, etc) has some problems of > consistency. Some terms might apply to more than one section. And, > conversely (I think), some closely related terms migh split between > sections in a way that makes their relationship less clear. I originally tried to categorize terms to make the document clearer, but I agree with you that it is not perfect. > Suggestions: > > 1 - Use some fancy client-side script technique that will reorder the > terms either by category or overall alphabetically. > > 2 - Order the main table alphabetically but provide a separate list by > category that links to the alphabetic list. Could one write an XSL > stylesheet that would automate this? (Probably depends on who the "one" > is and how consistently the main table is tagged, I guess). All your suggestions seem to be tools to achieve two orderings for the document: one by category, one alphabetically. We have the tools for doing so (DOM, XSLT, ...), but I think that one thing that we should first agree on is a set of categories which makes sense. As you said, the current one is sub-optimal, and it seems that it will be hard to limit every term to only one category. The current list is[1]: 2 Architectural Terms 3 General Terms 4 Choreography definitions 5 Roles 6 Service Properties 7 SOAP Specific Definitions 7.1 Protocol Concepts 7.2 Data Encapsulation Concepts 7.3 Message Sender and Receiver Concepts 8 Security and Privacy Related Terms 9 Management Terms The difference between 2, 3 and 5 is blurry. 4 may have to go back into the {2,3,5} set at some point. 6, 7, 8 and 9 seem to be good separate categories on the other hand. Maybe we could look into reuniting {2,3,5}, give it a name, and see if it would make more sense. Regards, Hugo 1. http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2002/ws/arch/glossary/wsa-glossary.html -- Hugo Haas - W3C mailto:hugo@w3.org - http://www.w3.org/People/Hugo/
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