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W3C Decentralized Characteristics Rubric v1.0
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Added numbering for criteria #28

Closed jandrieu closed 3 years ago

jandrieu commented 3 years ago

Set up with canonical URIs: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-rubric#criteria-XXX

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jandrieu commented 3 years ago

This should be merged after #27

jandrieu commented 3 years ago

I concur that formally, "criterion" is the correct grammar, however, I find that term never roles of the tongue and have, in my own conversations, shifted to use criteria for both singular and plural. Almost no one I know correctly uses "criterion", although both "incorrect" uses are common (people using criteria for singular and people using criterion for plural).

FWIW, https://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/criteria_singular_or_plural.htm

I think more resonant is I believe people are going to refer to, say, the 23rd criterion as "criteria 23" far more often than they will say "criterion 23".

Sure I can't talk you into that usage?

As for the # of lines in the PR. The problem is that somewhere early in the edit, the diff tracking got out of sync, so there is a bunch of text that is only "updated" because it got shifted by a bit. Take a gander and see if I'm not misinterpreting what's going on.

(If something seems amiss, I'll figure out a way to get a cleaner update.)

jandrieu commented 3 years ago

I added a section in the introduction explaining the rational for criteria v criterion.

If Nixon could say "let me now return to the third criteria", I think its fair game for us to use the simpler, more common "criteria" for both singular and plural.