Re: [ogpx] Definitions of terms to be used in my (our?) communication

Carlo Wood <carlo@alinoe.com> Mon, 31 August 2009 22:04 UTC

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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:05:22 +0200
From: Carlo Wood <carlo@alinoe.com>
To: Kari Lippert <kari.lippert@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [ogpx] Definitions of terms to be used in my (our?) communication
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On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 01:34:50PM -0400, Kari Lippert wrote:
> Personally I would drop the use of "LAND" and  "ADJACENT REGIONS" but
> I think these terms, as defined here are the right set based on the
> lengthy conversations I started yesterday morning. Using these terms
> it should now be rather trivial to restate the Charter in a way that
> captures the essence of the effort's intent.
> 
> Kari

thanks

and since Infinity didn't give replacement terms in his reply
(he only said 'this term is not defined by us in past 2 years')
I see no other alternative than to use these terms.

> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Carlo Wood<carlo@alinoe.com> wrote:
> > A) A smallest partition
> >
> >  REGION
> >
> > B) A collection of adjacent regions run by a single administration
> >
> >  ISLAND or ADJACENT REGIONS
> >
> > C) A collection of adjacent regions's run by different administrations
> >   (which very likely use the same TOS etc)
> >
> >  LAND, or CONTINENT when larger.
> >
> > D) A collection of continent's that are not adjacent but still fall
> >   under the same TOS, likely use the same inter-world protocols
> >   and organisation-specific extensions etc (likely, they will
> >   have their own website and their own Abuse Report team etc).
> >
> >  VIRTUAL WORLD
> >
> > E) A collection of Virtual World's that have totally different
> >   administrations and possibly different TOS etc, but which
> >   interoperate (ie, you can pass on a Landmark of one VW to
> >   a person you meet in another VW).
> >
> >  GALAXY
> >
> > F) The whole of all Galaxies that do not interoperate, but still use VWRAP.
> >
> >  VWRAP UNIVERSE
> >
> > G) The rest that use the term "virtual world", but do not use VWRAP.
> >
> >  MMOX UNIVERSE
> >
> >
> > Please state if
> > * you have problem with me going to use these terms consistently in my posts
> > * you will use these terms with the same meaning
> > * you wish to give these terms a different meaning
> >
> > I understand there is also something called "REGION DOMAIN", but
> > I have no idea which of the above that would be as it's not my
> > term and it was never discussed.
> >
> > --
> > Carlo Wood <carlo@alinoe.com>
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Carlo Wood <carlo@alinoe.com>