Editing and terminology

["Peter F Brown" <peter@justbrown.net>]

Dear all:
I kept quiet during the call for editors, as it seems our TC wil be
particularly well blessed with some excellent contributors.
One issue that will be critically important for the success of our work
will, IMO, be clear and unambiguous text and terminology. While I would not
be comfortable (particularly in terms of time commitment) with any technical
editing for any TC spec or doc, I would be prepared to join the editing
team, if this were considered useful, to look specifically at:
- readability and understandability (particularly from a non-specialist
angle);
- coherence in use of terminology;
- presence of unambiguous definitions for key terminology used (building and
maintaining an agreed glossary of terms, etc)

I believe that this is all the more important for a work that intends to be
a reference model.

Best regards,

Peter Brown