User talk:ChrisLoosley

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[edit] Rich Internet Applications

I have edited the Rich Internet Applications page, beginning at the top, focusing primarily (if not exclusively) on design, measurement, and management issues, but also cleaning up and clarifying the writing in the areas where I am working. I edited the Benefits and Shortcomings and Restrictions sections, and inserted a new section on Management complications, including four bullets summarizing that aspect of RIAs.

Question 1: Should this title be Service level management complications? To me, the two are equivalent given the software development context provided by the surrounding discussion, but someone else may think differently.

Question 2: Is expressing concern for management issues -- which are not always the focus of application developers, and rarely if ever perceived by application users -- regarded as a "point of view"? [I decided to address this by adding that thought to the new section].

I have also added an External Link to my survey paper (recently published by Keynote) on the design, measurement, and management challenges posed by RIAs. I believe the paper qualifies for inclusion since it covers topics that I have not seen summarized elsewhere. It does not promote any particular product or point of view, other than being an advocate for systematic service level management of applications.

Question 3: While my new section draws on the material in the linked survey paper, it is of course a very short summary of the issues discussed in more detail in the paper. Is there any WP convention for referencing the external material within the body of the entry, or referencing the External Links section, in such cases?