Hi all,
I've just published this
http://westciv.typepad.com/dog_or_higher/2005/11/webpatterns_and.html
There has been some discussion recently about what makes something a
profession (or a discipline), in the context of our industry/
profession/discipline
http://www.molly.com/2005/11/14/web-standards-and-the-new-
professionalism/
In the article I quote Brad Appleton, who makes the observation that
"Fundamental to any science or engineering discipline is a common
vocabulary for expressing its concepts, and a language for relating
them together"
WebPatterns is a project to help collaboratively develop this common
vocabulary for expressing its concepts, and a language for relating
them together, in short a pattern language for the web.
I've also setup http://webpatterns.org, to help foster and develop
the idea and the conversation. It's a little like microformats.org,
but with a focus more on site architecture than just data.
Very interested in people's thoughts,
thanks for your time,
john
John Allsopp
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