Re: [perpass] Draft charter for a Transparency Working Group

[Dave Crocker <[e-mail]>]

On 12/11/2013 1:56 PM, Ben Laurie wrote:
> Agree, I just want to be able to refer to 6962 for what
> "cryptographically verifiable log" means.


Being able to cite a doc that defines the term is always nice; so yes, 
please do cite freely.

My own view is that charters need to have some pedagogy, since one goal 
of a charter is to explain the work to folk who might get involved 
(eventually).  While a citation is formally sufficient, it's not the 
best pedagogy.  So I tend to prefer to have a charter be somewhat 
self-explanatory about its basic constructs, unless they are already 
very well established in industry.

In this case, I think what you mean is /not/ obvious to a reader who is 
not already immersed in the topic.  So some sort of superficial 
explanation would help, with the citation pointing the reader to the 
deeper discussion.

d/

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Dave Crocker
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