Re: [ogpx] ogpx Digest, Vol 10, Issue 17
Katherine Mancuso <kmancuso@gmail.com> Thu, 25 February 2010 06:26 UTC
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:28:14 -0500
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Responding to Meadhbh's email: "in other words, i have a big problem with using the ostensive definition when describing vwrap service definitions. i don't want to ever have a spec that says (and i paraphrase here) "readers are referred to hypergrid specification 3.71 for how vwrap handles authentication to an asset service and the legacy second life protocol as defined in the beginning of file llagent.cpp from the snowglobe source code" agreed. I believe that the best reason that we absolutely should not reference other existing documents in this way is that technical protocols are moving targets. In many cases, the protocol/specification will be altered rapidly; in other cases the practice based on that protocol will become something we don't want. On the other hand, I think it IS okay and even good to have footnotes to fully explained protocols. Forgive me if I fail exactly in the wording of my example here, I'm trying to make a point: VWRAP calls for bar and baz to handle authentication to an asset service (1). 1. Some other specifications we drew upon to make this include $bar aspect of foo (version $foo, accessed on 2/27/10, available at $archiveurl). An example of an existing software deployment that is similar to this specification is foo (version $, accessed on, available at). In short: footnotes and crediting of sources for developers interested in going deeper into the antecedents of a particular aspect of the specification and viewing examples are ABSOLUTELY good, since we want to provide people the most material to work from when developing implementations. Making them the basis of our specification: BAD. Katherine Mancuso / Muse Carmona -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Katherine Mancuso: crusader of community art, social technology, & disability Research: Center for Assistive Technology & Environmental Access (http://www.catea.org) Georgia Tech, Digital Media (http://dm.gatech.edu) Community: The Vesuvius Group: metaverse community builders (http://www.thevesuviusgroup.com) Gimp Girl Community Liaison/Research Fellow (http://www.gimpgirl.com) Alternate ROOTS: arts*community*activism (http://www.alternateroots.org) Students Working Against Negative Stereotypes of Autism, Georgia Tech. (gtautism@gmail.com) Contact in the web, the metaverse, the world: http://twitter.com/musingvirtual http://muse.dreamwidth.org http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathymancuso SL: Muse Carmona ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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