Dear all,
I'm not sure my very very small contribution would even be included in an
edited dialogue, but let me express an oppinion on the form of the publication.
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> 2. The discussion will be difficult to read for someone not involved
> - I never feel that edited discussions work well if one was not a
> participant
I must admit that I have never participated in a discussion which was then
edited and published, so I cannot assure that, for example, no context
information is lost, but I would not say that the style itself makes difficult
reading, quite the contrary. The writings of Plato don't seem difficult to
read, even though I was not (unfortunately) a participant.
Another argument in favour of having at least a first paper in the form of a
dialogue is that otherwise some contributions may be lost. If I were to
contribute, it would be in expanding my small contribution and adding
references from the area of Multi-agent Systems, but I don't think I would
write a whole article on the matter (at least not in the next few months).
Actually, I think the dialogue text would be delightful to read.
Rafael
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