From: cvs@openprivacy.orgCVS update: openprivacy/htdocs/notes
Date: Tuesday February 27, 19101 @ 22:04
Author: fen
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whitepaper.shtml
Log Message:
added clarity to definitions - still more to do here
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--- openprivacy/htdocs/notes/whitepaper.shtml:1.26 Tue Feb 27 21:56:01 2001
+++ openprivacy/htdocs/notes/whitepaper.shtml Tue Feb 27 22:04:13 2001
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</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
- <!-- $Id: whitepaper.shtml,v 1.26 2001/02/28 05:56:01 fen Exp $ -->
+ <!-- $Id: whitepaper.shtml,v 1.27 2001/02/28 06:04:13 fen Exp $ -->
<h1>OpenPrivacy - Building a Better Internet</h1>
@@ -575,18 +575,22 @@
<dt><li><b>Reputation</b></dt>
<dd>
A value that represents the collective opinion of some
- reference. A reputation generally takes the form of an opinion
- itself, as it is the calculated opinion of the reputation
- calculation engine.
+ reference. A Reputation is really just another name for an
+ Opinion, as it is the calculated opinion of the reference by the
+ reputation calculation engine. Reputations are ephemeral, and
+ the weight applied to an Opinion representing the reputation of
+ some reference is subjectively applied by the end user (person
+ or program) that requests it.
</dd>
<p>
<dt><li><b>Bias</b></dt>
<dd>
While reputations generally reflect the sum of many opinions of
- a single reference, a bias is an accumulation of opinions from a
- single principal. Biases may be divided by area or type of
- reference (such as groups of political or demographically
- descriptive opinions).
+ a single reference, a bias is an accumulation of opinions that
+ represent the views of a single principal. Biases may be
+ divided by area or type of reference (such as groups of
+ political or demographically descriptive opinions). A RCE uses
+ one or more Bias collections in the couse of its calculations.
</dd>
<p>
<dt><li><b>Offer Template</b></dt>
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