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Subject: Re: [xri-editors] RE: [xri] W3C comment addendum
Or as they say in fiction writing: Metaphors be with you. =Fen Drummond Reed wrote: > Excellent. May the force of the pen be with you and Gabe. > > =Drummond > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lindelsee, Mike [mailto:mlindels@visa.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 11:28 AM > To: xri-editors@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: RE: [xri-editors] RE: [xri] W3C comment addendum > > Our approach has been to extend the current FAQ, so I think we could > just replace the existing one with a newer version. > > Mike > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Drummond Reed [mailto:drummond.reed@cordance.net] >>Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 11:18 AM >>To: Lindelsee, Mike ; xri-editors@lists.oasis-open.org >>Subject: RE: [xri-editors] RE: [xri] W3C comment addendum >> >>I think this approach makes sense. I agree that a FAQ is the >>best approach >>for the Web/identifier-savvy audience, and it is easier to >>evolve as the >>specs and technology moves forward. And this allows the Intro >>doc to stay at >>a higher level. >> >>Mike, would you see this FAQ as one that can replace the >>current XRI TC home >>page FAQ (or would it just be referenced from there?) >> >>=Drummond >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Lindelsee, Mike [mailto:mlindels@visa.com] >>Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:19 AM >>To: xri-editors@lists.oasis-open.org >>Subject: [xri-editors] RE: [xri] W3C comment addendum >> >>Gabe and I have come to the conclusion that we really have two >>audiences: the Web/identifier-savvy audience and a less technical >>audience. It's unlikely that the Intro doc will work for both >>audiences, so we're working on a revised FAQ for the more technical >>audience and cleaning up the Intro doc for the less technical audience. >> >>Our goal is to get docs out to the editors' group that we think are >>complete. I think that the priority is to get material out that will >>help the more technical audience understand XRI, so we are focusing on >>the FAQ first. We'll have that to the editors' group on or before 5/27 >>and will have our revision of the Intro doc to the group the following >>week (6/3). >> >>Hopefully we'll be able to have a quick round of >>feedback/edits and then >>put the docs out to the TC. >> >>If anyone thinks this is the wrong approach, let us know. >> >>Mike >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Drummond Reed [mailto:drummond.reed@cordance.net] >>>Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 4:45 PM >>>To: xri@lists.oasis-open.org >>>Subject: [xri] W3C comment addendum >>> >>>The W3C's comment addendum (see below) strongly suggests that >>>our revision >>>to the "Introduction to XRIs" document should include the >> >>following key >> >>>points: >>> >>>1) That any native XRI can be downcast into a legal IRI or >>>URI, and thus can >>>maintain complete compatability with the W3C TAG dictum about >>>identifying >>>all resources with URIs (see >>>http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/#pr-use-uris); >>> >>>2) The only reason native XRI syntax is not native URI syntax >>>is because XRI >>>syntax extends URI syntax; and >>> >>>3) The reason native XRI syntax extends native URI syntax is >>>because XRI >>>adds syntactic features that are not available in native URI >>>syntax (or else >>>we would have used URIs). Obviously we feel these syntactic >>>features are >>>highly desirable in uniform abstract identifiers or we would >>>not have gone >>>to the great lengths we have to produce the XRI specifications. >>> >>>On this last point, I agree very much with Gabe and Mike that >>>the revised >>>Intro doc needs to make it very clear that having a unified >>>syntax for both >>>persistent and reassignable identifiers is only one of these >>>features, and >>>not the most important. >>> >>>Mike, Gabe: how is the revision to the Intro doc going? I'm >>>going to take an >>>action item to start a status list of errata fixes and >>>proposed revisions to >>>the Committee Drafts; I'll try to have it posted early this week. >>> >>>=Drummond >>>http://public.xdi.org/=Drummond.Reed >>> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >>generates this mail. 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