A good question would be if UAProf can cover all these different types of Apple devices?[?] http://www.marco.org/2013/02/08/iphone-plus-dpi-argument
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 7:20 AM, eberhard speer jr. <[email protected]>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Stefano, > > Interesting comment : "UAProf data is frequently unreliable". > > I assumed that the UAProf was the starting point for the data in the > resources and I think that a reference to that source is vital exactly > because it goes to the question of reliability. > > This is precisely the issue I wanted to raise : what is the source of > the data and how is one to assess it's reliability. > It is not that I have doubts about the reliability of the data (how > could I), it is that I want to know what the source is and I want to > be able to respond to the often heard comment : Yes, but X says that's > wrong and that the data is unreliable. > > Having the UAProf to some point effectively addresses the issue : if > the 'industry standard' data published by the OEM/Vendor is unreliable > (how do we know ?) what is "reliable" ? > > I personally have frequently been confronted with this : "your" data > says XYZ, I think that's wrong because so-and-so says it should be > QRS. My 'standard' response to that is exactly to refer to the UAProf > and some data item in it that is demonstrably wrong. The point being : > the reliability of all data can be questioned sometimes with good > cause, sometimes not. The question is : what is going to be the > 'benchmark' to compare against and the UAProf, given it's presumed > authoritative source. i.e. the OEM/Vendor, serves that purpose > perfectly even if and particularly because it too is unreliable. > > So, to answer your question : the use case : a bit of *vital* > 'academic sophistry' when the question of reliability rears it's ugly > head and a reference to the 'authoritative industry standard' > 'benchmark' source even if it may not the the source of the DMAP > resources. > > Apart from that and also *very* important, having the UAProf would > allow to add properties to the data set which are currently not > covered in DMAP, even if this 'authoritative' source is not 100% reliable. > > Including a reference to this albeit poorly implemented and flawed > industry standard -- see also W3C's DDR API -- seems evident to me. > > Kind Regards, > > esjr > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRHyU4AAoJEOxywXcFLKYcyk4H/0OfewyrEh96xBZm4z2QGdcC > PcsOq/qLJKH8Z4J0kRQUSWCMRlRDEF9MFzsWZd7J35lDUw60s/6jzJUTrl9HIolU > Y9iyLQQzy+PEvoX0Ep59qcpy+UObatJsXDXKjVkzA+Lsk8neZcfkdkwItkBkhsuc > mbk6ZxPIOPJ0EoinFlwFN14MLANI0Pqe8WSfB20aax0d7QcdNtKDIxMAPO8jjCYh > CezSBNIberSe/wOZTf8o88JUdChw6WIKm9bul+nGvtaU6dzsXhgb5xzWPphLfF6T > /872JAorGPRy9O5VPNFjcCSnuu0yEpQ98Iw2Y97weEQW4crrqM6b4/6of6EtXc4= > =Du1V > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- Werner Keil | JCP Executive Committee Member | Eclipse UOMo Lead, Babel Language Champion | Java Godfather Twitter @wernerkeil | @JSR354 | #Java_Social | #EclipseUOMo | #OpenDDR Skype werner.keil | Google+ gplus.to/wernerkeil * Social Media Week: February 18 2013, Hamburg, Germany. Werner Keil, JCP Executive Committee Member, Agorava Co-Founder will present "Enterprise Social using Open Source Frameworks like Agorava" * Social Media Week: February 22 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark. Werner Keil, JCP EC Member, JSR 354 EG Member, Agorava Co-Founder will present "Enterprise Social using Open Source Frameworks like Agorava", "Social Currencies and Crowdfunding"
