On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Terry Kuny wrote:
> 7. There are some categories that I think are
> important (just from a random survey of websites) and
> which are missing from the list. I think they are
> important because I see alot of webpages out there
> that would be usefully described by the below:
> [...]
> DOCUMENT.SCREED (Sorry Peter! I still think it is a useful
> catch-all for lots of the "personal" webpage contents).
> An informal piece of writing; fragment or other
> type of personal discourse.
> [...]
> 10. Webpage: everything is a webpage. I think
> homepage is the better and common description of a
> top-level page to some organization or person's website.
> In any event, it needs a note to qualify the scope of the
> resource-type.
>
> webpage.organization = document.homepage.organization
> webpage.personal = document.homepage.personal
Why do we need DOCUMENT.SCREED if we've got webpage.personal? And
wouldn't it be easier (ie more understandable) to have just
DOCUMENT.INFORMAL? After all a webpage is just a particular _format_, not
a _type_. And until this thread got going I'd never heard of "screed" and
I don't think I'm alone. If it does go in, it might end up being
effectively "document.misc" as people may just assume its a catch all
field for things that don't fit elsewhere.
Tatty bye,
Jim'll
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