RE: [wsrp-wsia] [I#164] An entity SHOULD support help,and CAN su pport edit

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Tamari, Yossi <>
Date
2002-12-02T18:41:48+00:00
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RE: [wsrp-wsia] [I#164] An entity SHOULD support help,and CAN su pport edit
Hi 
Gil,

 

I 
probably don't understand your question, but the entityStateChange is already in 
InteractionParams, and I think one of the reasons for this was specifically this 
use case. 

If my 
memory serves me well, Sasha raised this in the F2F in 
Germany.

Where 
do you see the problem?

 

    Yossi.

  
-----Original Message-----
From: Gil Tayar 
  [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 
  8:34 PM
To: 
Subject: RE: 
  [wsrp-wsia] [I#164] An entity SHOULD support help, and CAN su pport 
  edit

  
Ouch! So the entityStateChange is relevant for view mode too? The 
  Consumer can't assume that state change won't occur in view 
  mode?

  
    
-----Original Message-----
From: Tamari, Yossi 
    [mailto:]
Sent: Mon, December 02, 2002 
    20:30
To: 
Subject: RE: 
    [wsrp-wsia] [I#164] An entity SHOULD support help, and CAN su pport 
    edit

    
Hi,

    
 

    
For 1, my answer is that an entity may support 
    personalization through its view mode (for example by simply remembering the 
    last values a user entered in a text input). 

    
 

    
    Yossi.

    
      
-----Original Message-----
From: Rudnicki Joseph G CONT 
      NSSC [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, December 
      02, 2002 6:59 PM
To: 'Gil Tayar'; 
      
Subject: RE: [wsrp-wsia] [I#164] 
      An entity SHOULD support help, and CAN su pport edit

      
Hello,

      
 

      
FWIW. I guess that the questions are: 

      
 

      
1. Are we allowing personalization for an entity that doesn't 
      support the Edit mode (if so, how)?

      
2. Are there other reasons, not personalization, for 
      supporting an Edit mode?

      
 

      
Take care.

      
 

      
Joe

      
 

      
 

      
        
-----Original Message-----
From: Gil Tayar 
        [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, December 02, 
        2002 11:58 AM
To: 
        
Subject: RE: [wsrp-wsia] 
        [I#164] An entity SHOULD support help, and CAN su pport 
        edit

        
Let's go that route -

        
 

        
Edit mode is defined (5.10.2) as "[providing] 
        content and logic that let a user customize the behavior of the entity". 
        Let's define personalization as "enabling the user to customize the 
        behavior of the entity".

        
 

        
Thus, the sentence "the entity MUST support edit 
        mode if it allows personalization" becomes "the entity MUST support 
        content and logic that let a user customize the behavior of the entity 
        if it enables the user to customize the behavior of the 
        entity".

        
 

        
The expanded sentence above is almost a 
        tautology, except for the fact that entities may enable customization of 
        their behaviors out-of-band. Thus, an entity that enables the user to 
        customize the behavior of the entity out-of-band may want NOT to support 
        WSRP content and logic that does the same (i.e. edit mode), for various 
        reasons.

        
 

        
So, given the above precise definitions, I 
        still think this is a SHOULD.

        
 

        
Gil

        
          
-----Original Message-----
From: Rudnicki Joseph G 
          CONT NSSC [mailto:]
Sent: Mon, 
          December 02, 2002 18:35
To: 'Gil Tayar'; 
          
Subject: RE: [wsrp-wsia] 
          [I#164] An entity SHOULD support help, and CAN su pport 
          edit

          
Hello,

          
 

          
It would seem that we have to describe what the edit mode is 
          for (personalization?) in unambiguous terms somewhere. Sometimes, I am 
          a bit afraid that we are using a lot of "SHOULDS" to cover uncertainty 
          and ambiguity when it is up to us to know (or at least act like we 
          know) the right answer.

          
 

          
Thoughts?

          
 

          
Take care.

          
 

          
Joe Rudnicki

          
 

          
            
-----Original Message-----
From: Gil Tayar 
            [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, December 
            02, 2002 11:09 AM
To: 
            
Subject: RE: [wsrp-wsia] 
            [I#164] An entity SHOULD support help, and CAN su pport 
            edit

            
A MUST of this sort would need to really 
            describe what "personalization" is, and I wouldn't want to go to 
            that route! With a SHOULD, I think we can go with a vague definition 
            of "personalization".

            
              
-----Original Message-----
From: 
              Rudnicki Joseph G CONT NSSC 
              [mailto:]
Sent: Mon, December 
              02, 2002 17:55
To: 'Tamari, Yossi'; 
              
Subject: RE: [wsrp-wsia] 
              [I#164] An entity SHOULD support help, and CAN su pport 
              edit

              
Hello,

              
 

              
Perhaps, "...MUST support edit mode if it allows 
              personalization?"

              
 

              
Take care.

              
 

              
Joe

              
 

              
 

              
                
-----Original Message-----
From: 
                Tamari, Yossi [mailto:]
Sent: 
                Sunday, December 01, 2002 1:18 PM
To: 
                
Subject: RE: 
                [wsrp-wsia] [I#164] An entity SHOULD support help, and CAN su 
                pport edit

                
I second this. Many entities simply do 
                not have (need) an edit mode. A "Top business news" portlet may 
                not be personalizable.

                
Maybe the wording should be "... SHOULD 
                support edit mode if it allows 
                personalization".

                
 

                
    
                Yossi.

                
                  
-----Original Message-----
From: 
                  Gil Tayar [mailto:]
Sent: 
                  Sunday, December 01, 2002 1:13 PM
To: 
                  
Subject: [wsrp-wsia] 
                  [I#164] An entity SHOULD support help, and CAN support 
                  edit

                  
Issue: 164
Status: 
                  Active
Topic: interface
Class: Minor_Technical
Raised 
                  by: Gil Tayar
Title: An entity SHOULD support help, and CAN 
                  support edit
Date Added: 1-Dec-2002
Document 
                  Section:   v0.85/5.10
Description:

                  
In v0.85, an entity 
                  SHOULD support both edit and help. I think SHOULD for edit is 
                  too strong a recommendation, as it puts a fantastic burden on 
                  the portlets. As Help is very simple to implement, I think the 
                  wording should be changed to: "an entity SHOULD support help, 
                  and CAN support edit".

                  
 

                  
Gil 
                  Tayar

                  
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