Subject: [Ltru] Matching draft: terminology: matching and lookup

From: Martin Duerst <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:09:36 +0900

I think the current draft still has various terminology
problems. Nothing really serious, but better we fix it
before we move on.

First, there is no clear separation between matching
and lookup as concepts by themselves and matching and
lookup in the context of basic language ranges.

I propose to create a subsection or two in section 1
or in the next section defining matching and lookup
independent of a specific range.

In my understanding, matching pairs a more general
(and thus usually shorter) range with more specific
language tags. On the other hand, lookup pairs a
longer range against shorter tags. If that's correct,
it should be said so, quite at the start.

We should also write something about the fact that
an application has to chose one or the other because
the two won't mix very well.

What is currently 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 should then be renamed
to Basic Matching and Basic Lookup, so that other
specs have clear and easily findable terms.

Regards,   Martin. 

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