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Subject: Re: [emergency] EDXL DE General Concern about lack of focus
Re: Recheck: will do. Ciao, Rex At 8:56 AM -0500 11/10/05, Ham, Gary A wrote: >Folks, > >I have some concerns related to the general structure of the DE and >particularly the kind of changes that seem to be on the table. > >My fear is that we are trying to put way too much hard to parse >intelligence into the distribution element. Its original purpose was to >separate distribution concerns from content concerns so that >distributors do not have to understand content to do effective >distribution. When we recognized that sometimes different content >needed to be distributed together for the same purpose, we added the >capability of multiple content items within the distributed container. >If we are not careful we could slide down a slippery slope to the point >that the distribution element becomes an amalgamation device FOR content >instead of a decoupled distribution capability OF content. I believe >that this would complicate efforts to use the element for its original >clear purpose, management of distribution. My point: too many good >ideas might actually endanger the real value that we wish to provide. >So, please look at what we have done with that thought in mind. As soon >as Sylvia is finished with her write-up, I intend to re-read our >structure with its original focus in mind. I request that all of us >recognize that we will be more effective if we keep amalgamation and >distribution decoupled. Amalgamation is temptingly convenient at the >distribution level. But it also confuses issues. We could always do a >separate amalgamation element at a later date to handle assembly >management when information is shipped together. > >Respectfully, > >Gary A. Ham >Senior Research Scientist >Battelle Memorial Institute >540-288-5611 (office) >703-869-6241 (cell) >"You would be surprised what you can accomplish when you do not care who >gets the credit." - Harry S. Truman > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >generates this mail. You may a link to this group and all your TCs in OASIS >at: >https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php -- Rex Brooks President, CEO Starbourne Communications Design GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison Berkeley, CA 94702 Tel: 510-849-2309
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