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Mfholic Posted 20 years ago
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The intended audience includes groups defining standards using web services related to business process management, enterprise content management, grid computing and records information management. To a slightly lesser extent, the intended audience may also be anyone interested in the activities of SNIA with regard to data management standards definition in support of Information Lifecycle Management.


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Within the red text

1. groups defining standards using web services = groups using web services to define standards?

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groups defining standards using web services = groups defining standards for using web services?

2.Does 'related to...' restrict 'web services'?
  

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groups defining standards using web services This is, plainly speaking, poor English. Perhaps they mean groups defining standards for using web services but I wouldn't know. ----- If my assumption in the above is right, then, it is the web services which are the things/items related to the business process management, enterprise content management, grid computing and records information management.

— Marius Hancu

  • groups defining standards using web services This is, plainly speaking, poor English.
  • Perhaps they mean groups defining standards for using web services but I wouldn't know.
  • ----- If my assumption in the above is right, then, it is the web services which are the things/items related to the business process management, enterprise content management, grid computing and records information management.
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groups defining standards using web services

This is, plainly speaking, poor English.

Perhaps they mean

groups defining standards for using web services

but I wouldn't know.

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If my assumption in the above is right, then,
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The intended audience includes groups of people whose job is to define standards for web services which are related to ...

related to restricts web services, yes.

CJ
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Thanks for your help!

However, some still assert that 'related to...' restricts 'standards' rather than 'web services'. They allege that although the sentense seems to read in the way that 'related to...' restricts 'web services', it's logically impossible, because "business process management, enterprise content management, grid computing and records information management" basically hav
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It is possible that they are right, yes. However, I reject the argument that the listed items have nothing to do with web services. In my opinion, the restriction introduced by related to could go either way. It may be regarded as ambiguous.
Keep in mind that the sentence as a whole has all the marks of having been written by a bureaucrat who most likely was not even aware of a
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But painfully I have to translate this darn thing into my language - Chinese.
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Below is more context, hopefully it helps to distinguish what the author really means.

This is a forward looking paper intended to spur discussions among various industry groups regarding the management of resources associated with storage and data management in a distributed, dynamic, computing environment. There are many related efforts underway in different indust
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But painfully I have to translate this darn thing into my language - Chinese.
In translations it is often necessary to absorb uncertainty. Just as all other translators do, you will have to make your best educated guess.
The complete text does not change my opinion. I would still go with my original instinct. The groups define the standards; the grou
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