Thursday, September 3, 2009

Re: [Geopriv] WGLC: draft-ietf-geopriv-geo-uri-02.txt

[chair hat off]

This is ready to go, other than one substantive issue:

The last two paragraphs of section 9.2 say:

> However, by putting a 'geo' URI into a context that allows
> identification of a "Target", the URI might become part of a
> "Location Object", and would then be subject to GEOPRIV rules.

> Therefore, Publishers of 'geo' URIs that are put into such contexts
> MUST consider privacy issues, particularly in cases where a URI
> instance is combined with Personally Identifyable Information (PII)
> with the intent to describe the location of a Target that is a person.


The first of these two statements seems more on the right track than
the second. If a geo URI is used in a context where it identifies the
location of a Target, it becomes part of a Location Object and is
therefore subject to GEOPRIV rules. I don't see the need to waffle on
this point, or to avoid using the requirements that we already have
set out in 3693. Therefore, the second paragraph would be better as:

Therefore, when 'geo' URIs are put into such contexts, the privacy
requirements of RFC 3693 MUST be met.


Other small comments:

On Sep 1, 2009, at 8:49 PM, Thomson, Martin wrote:
>
> (Opinion only) Statements like this are generally not suitable for
> documents that are intended to have a long lifetime:
> Over the past few years, fast emerging location aware applications
> and location based services were observable on the Internet.

I agree with this opinion. I think the whole paragraph that this
sentence kicks off should be situated a bit more "timelessly." A few
suggestions:

s/Over the past few years, fast emerging location aware applications
and location based services were observable on the Internet./Location-
aware applications and location-based services are fast emerging on
the Internet.

s/a vivid open source mapping community brought an enormous momentum/a
vivid open source mapping community has brought enormous momentum

s/A wide range of tools and data sets which formerly were accessible
to professional only became available for a wider audience./A wide
range of tools and data sets which formerly were accessible to
professionals only have became available to a wider audience.


Other thoughts in section 1:

s/or trigger further services/or triggering further services

s/and write and email straight away/and writing an email straight away

s/(a physical resource)/(physical resources)

s/It is anticipated that such devices serve as/It is anticipated that
such devices will serve as

Section 3.4.1:

s/a wrong/the wrong

Section 3.4.3

s/subject/object

(I think "subject" implies a person, but we can have cases where a non-
human object's location is uncertain.)

Question: if the assumption is that the single uncertainty value
applies in all dimensions (which I think is the assumption, but I am
far from the uncertainty expert), should that assumption be stated?

3.4.4

s/180 degrees MUST be considered equal a/180 degrees MUST be
considered equal to a

3.5

s/require internationalization-/require internationalization.

9.1

s/refering/referring

9.2

s/a 'geo' URI by itself/within the confines of a 'geo' URI

s/it does also not fit/it also does not fit

s/Publishers/publishers
(although per my comment above I think "publishers" should be left out
altogether)

Alissa


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>> Subject: [Geopriv] WGLC: draft-ietf-geopriv-geo-uri-02.txt
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>> All,
>>
>> This is a GEOPRIV Working Group Last Call for comments on
>>
>> draft-ietf-geopriv-geo-uri-02.txt
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>> always,
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>> as we need "I found a problem".
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