w3c / edge-computing-web-exploration

A repo where the Web & Networks Interest Group explores the intersection of Web and Edge Computing
https://w3c.github.io/edge-computing-web-exploration/
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Add Terminology section #3

Closed mmccool closed 2 years ago

mmccool commented 2 years ago

Add definitions for the following terms:

It was also suggested in the meeting that we should look for existing definitions that we can cite rather than reinventing new terms. Here are some possible sources:

In some cases definitions may conflict though (I remember long arguments about "fog" vs. "edge" that I don't particularly want to revisit...). Also, this is a big job even just going through all the existing standards. I suggest we start with the terms we are actually using and then checking individually if we are using them in a way consistent with existing standards. We could also just pick one and go with it (e.g. ISO, which I will review).

mmccool commented 2 years ago

PR #10 includes some basic definitions for all of the above but is light on external references. If you want to make suggestions on the PR to replace definitions with externally-defined "official" ones, with references, that would be totally fine and good.