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Subject: Re: [chairs] Unique OASIS document identifiers
A clarification: the original proposal for what is now being referred as "TC spec" came from me, as a possible but not preferred alternative to "cs". I have no idea when the space was introduced there, but it was not in the original proposal. I proposed "TCspec". FWIW, I prefer cs. Norman Walsh wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > / jkeane <jik@jkeane.com> was heard to say: > | The term "spec" conveys meaning. "cs" has at least 146 meanings as an > | acronym, but not 'committee spec". (See below) > > I'm with Lauren, people will learn what it means. Shorter is better. > > | Does everyone agree with just deleting the reference to all lower case and > | the deleting the reference to "underscores." > > Absolutely not! I am strongly opposed to mixed case in identifiers. It > offers absolutely no benefit in terms of information content and gives > users one more thing to get confused about. While it's true that case > isn't significant in domain names, it is most certainly significant in > URIs and that makes > > http://www.example.org/someuri > > different from > > http://www.example.org/someUri > > which is further different from > > http://www.example.org/someURI > > which means that users will get it wrong at least two times out of > three. Then we'll need redirects to handle the common cases and the > whole thing gets messy. > > "All lowercase" is a simple rule that everyone can learn and > understand. MixedCase is a cUlTuRaL issue that HaS no RulEs. > > | If so, we are very close to a wrap. In LegalXML we have closed discussions > | by asking: "Can anyone not live with this?" > > I can not live with mixed case. > > | Can any one not live with "TC Spec" and deleting the references to all lower > > I can't live with any scheme that proposes spaces in the URI either. > At the very least, you must have meant "TC%20Spec" which is really > ugly. > > Be seeing you, > norm > > - -- > Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM | The man with ten children is better off than > XML Standards Architect | the one with ten thousand fonts of type, > Web Tech. and Standards | because the man with ten children doesn't > Sun Microsystems, Inc. | want any more. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.7 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> > > iD8DBQE+bmokOyltUcwYWjsRAvG3AJwIts1QGraoKfFm5kfeWfHjMoT5pQCfQlDQ > 6gVniXiH+s2nEQdEGAZgVws= > =J7VE > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> -- Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail: eduardo.gutentag@Sun.COM Web Technologies and Standards | Phone: +1 510 550 4616 x31442 Sun Microsystems Inc. | 1800 Harrison St. Oakland, CA 94612 W3C AC Rep / OASIS TAB Chair ---------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl>
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