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The definition of a version should not be limited to numbers #1442
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@agreiner I agree. |
'Releases' are often given names. So I agree. And even release 'numbers' often have three dot-separated parts, therefore not a number. |
Please note that the current definition is complemented by a usage note:
So, we are not prescribing the use of numbers only. For the records, the definition of
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Yes, I understand that we do not want to prescribe the use of numbers, which is why I think we need to define it without describing it as a number. The document should be consistent in this respect. |
version = a number or text that identifies a particular rendition of the resource ("content of" could be used with the others as well) Ok, none of these feel absolutely right, but the attempt here is to avoid using "version" in the definition of "version". |
version = a number or text that identifies a particular revision of the resource |
We discussed this issue and the We agreed that PR #1451 addresses the core of this issue "version should not be limited to numbers" replacing the current definition of
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Resolution https://www.w3.org/2022/02/08-dxwgdcat-minutes.html#r03 summarizes the result of tonight discussion on the argument that we shouldn't use 'version' to define 'version'. The proposal is to keep "version" as using the word version in the normative part leaves open to other kinds of versions than revisions. And at this stage, we do not want to restrict the ontological commitment without full evidence that version = revision . |
yep, looks fine to me. |
In section 6.4.27, we have Property: version = "The version number of a resource", but we don't want to prescribe numbers only.
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