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

[Infinity Linden <[e-mail]>]

we need to have a normative definition of "land?" i would assert that
the term "region domain" is sufficient, for the purposes of an
interoperability protocol, to define a container for a collection of
one or more regions. i further assert that this concept is distinct
from the concept that regions from different region domains may or may
not be adjacent, and that the manner in which regions geographic
relation to one another is described is independent of the number of
regions in a region domain.

and yes, i did mention the concept of adjacency, and recommended we do
not make adjacent regions a special case, but rather define regions in
such a way that the positional aspect of regions makes it clear that
regions should understand that they need to respond to protocol from
other regions that are defined to be adjacent, when they exist.

and the proper english usage for a person of my gender is "and since
Infinity didn't give replacement terms in her reply (she only said
'this term is not defined by us in past 2 years')."

so... to recap... we've survived for two years without a normative
definition of "land," and i assert some stuff about why. i think we
should define "ADJACENCY" as being an aspect of a "REGION" instead of
defining something called an "ADJACENT REGION" that is distinct from a
"REGION." My drivers license has an 'F' on it, and not an 'M'. (though
honestly, i understand it's difficult sometimes to recognize the
uniquely feminine way in which i type.)

-cheers
-meadhbh

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Carlo Wood<[e-mail]> wrote:
> 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<[e-mail]> 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.
>> >
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