- From: Martyn Horner <martyn.horner@profium.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:07:49 +0100
- To: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com wrote: > 6: Volume of mail traffic > There has been a noticable increase in the volume of mail traffic to the > point where some WG members are feeling somewhat overwhelmed. Is this > a widespread problem? What can we do about it? > Well, speaking as one who is becoming so peripheral as to become a candidate for last week's request for non-attending members to speak up (How does that item work, anyway? Hands up all who aren't here!)... Yes, the maillist is becoming a huge time-consuming effort. Brian once advised that those of us with limited time for W3C duties should be selective but the recent flood has been such a monolithic lump, two or three threads but almost all on one extended (and vital) subject, that, frankly, it takes as long to be selective as not. Besides, I haven't wanted to miss any of it! This sub-group's capacity for never-ending argument and counter-argument has amused, impressed and dismayed me in turns. I just don't know how to handle it, personally - as a WG member. How can one contribute without adding more centrifugal forces? To agree with one viewpoint is to invite a counter-example from the other camp - and always a very valid one. I don't sense any gravitational centre upon which these orbiting bodies will eventually converge, one I can add my mass to. Many's the time I thought about chipping in (like `Who says shoe sizes are integers anyway?') but have thought better of it - it'd only cause trouble. Speaking pragmatically (as an RDF-based-software programmer), I cannot (yet) see a way to justifying expressing a preference and if I did, I can't see it helping to contain the argument. (Though Pat's brain dump got very close to clarifying it for me - until it got pulled apart...) Help me out, chaps. I honestly think it's been damned impressive but not efficient for this WG member. (Really, very, very sorry to add to the maillist load) -- Martyn Horner <martyn.horner@profium.com> Profium, Les Espaces de Sophia, Immeuble Delta, B.P. 037, F-06901 Sophia-Antipolis, France Tel. +33 (0)4.93.95.31.44 Fax. +33 (0)4.93.95.52.58 Mob. +33 (0)6.21.01.54.56 Internet: http://www.profium.com -- Martyn Horner <martyn.horner@profium.com> Profium, Les Espaces de Sophia, Immeuble Delta, B.P. 037, F-06901 Sophia-Antipolis, France Tel. +33 (0)4.93.95.31.44 Fax. +33 (0)4.93.95.52.58 Mob. +33 (0)6.21.01.54.56 Internet: http://www.profium.com
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