On 2/14/12 7:21 PM, "Bill Donaldson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Ate Douma <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 02/14/2012 03:31 PM, Franklin, Matthew B. wrote: >>> >>> I have created a draft of the graduation board resolution [1] and would >>> like to get feedback from the community regarding the proposal; >>> specifically, the wording of the description& scope. Ate made a great >>> point that we need to ensure it is narrow enough that we can execute >>>against >>> it, but broad enough to include future use cases. The rest of the >>>template >>> was filled out with the result of PPMC discussions held on >>>rave-private@ >>> >> Thanks for drafting up the charter Matt. >> >> The crucial part of the charter we should agree upon is indeed the >> description of the *scope* of the project. >> >> The proposed text currently is: >> >> [..] "a widget-based, web-and-social mashup and user experience >>platform" >> [..] >> >> While definitely a good description for the scope, I would still like to >> propose a very minor but possible important change, like this: >> >> "a widgets, web-and-social mashup and user experience platform" > >I believe widget-based would be more inclusive than 'widget' Widget >*might* imply W3C widget. > >> >> The reason for this slight change is that saying "a widget-based, [...]" >> might be interpreted as if Rave at least assumes/requires widgets to be >> used. >> >As a heavy user of Rave, we count on it supporting Widgets. Removing >Widget from the scope would narrow the scope of the project and be a >limiter of our future use of the platform. > >It might be better to be more specific that on the intent of widgets >are optional. Sorry I don't have better wording...it is a suggestion >if someone was so inclined. > >> I *think* (but this really is about semantics and grammar, in a >>non-native >> language for me), my proposed change makes it more optional to use >>widgets, >> as just one possible feature of the platform. >> >> IMO 'a web-and-social mashup and user experience platform' (thus without >> using/requiring widgets) also very much fits the bill for Rave. >> > >perhaps a change of the clause 'web-and-social mashup and user >experience platform' > >to 'web-and-social mashup user experience platform' The 'and' never >did much for me but I'm an engineer not an English major I like some form of what you are suggesting. I was searching for a way to fit all of those words in the same description and slipped the and in there. > >> WDYT? >> >> Regards, Ate >> >>> Once we have an agreed upon resolution, we can call a community VOTE >>>for >>> Graduation and proceed with the process. >>> >>> Let's get ready to graduate! >>> >>> -Matt >>> >>> [1] : >>> >>>https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12514364/graduation_res >>>olution.txt >>> >>> >>
