Re: [ogpx] one virtual world, or many?

[Infinity Linden <[e-mail]>]

hmm... okay... i think i see what you're saying.

i would paraphrase it as "if you're not proposing using the term
'virtual world' to mean something with a specific meaning, maybe use
it a couple times in the beginning of the charter to be evocative of
the group's intended work, but go through most of the other uses in
the charter and see if we can't substitute it's use for a more
specific term, one that has less ambiguity."

sure. i can sign on to that effort. i think it's probably a good idea.
that way we can maintain the term as a more abstract description and
use it only when we need to maintain that ambiguity.

lemme go fire up the text editor and see what i can come up with.

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Dave CROCKER<[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>
> Meadhbh Siobhan wrote:
>>
>> so. this is an interesting one.
>>
>> those of us who called for the OGPX BoF are in agreement that the term
>> "virtual world" is informational only.
>
>
> This calls for an alternative that hadn't occurred to me.
>
> The charter currently has the string "virtual world" thirteen times.  And it
> is used heavily in discussions on this list.
>
> That level use of use essentially guarantees that the string is not merely
> informative.  It really does have to have specific technical meaning that
> folks agree on.
>
> But since this latest round suggests, once again, that gaining agreement on
> consistent technical use of the string will remain problematic, and since
> you are pointing out that there was an intent to have it NOT BE a technical
> term...
>
>     My suggest is to remove all occurrences of the term from the charter,
>     except for the two in the first sentence of the draft charters
> Description
>     section.
>
> In other words, say that vwrap provides a service in virtual world
> simulation, but then make all other references be in terms of vwrap-specific
> technical constructs.  regions, agents, etc.
>
>
>
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>  Dave Crocker
>  Brandenburg InternetWorking
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