v3 terms-of-use content comparison and il8n ?

Cantor, Scott cantor.2 at osu.edu
Thu Aug 28 16:08:07 EDT 2014


On 8/28/14, 4:01 PM, "Tom Zeller" <tzeller at dragonacea.biz> wrote:

>In v3, should we continue to provide the ability to compare the
>content of the terms-of-use like uApprove ?
>
>If we don't compare content, then we would rely solely on comparing
>the terms-of-use 'version' to determine if we should prompt a user to
>consent again once they have already consented (as well as
>expiration).

I think a version, or failing that a separate field indicating equivalence
is best (but seems like version should be sufficient...)

Otherwise you're fixing grammar errors and changing the terms? That seems
off.

>I ask because I was thinking of using Spring's MessageSource
>abstraction for the terms-of-use content to gain internationalization
>and reloadability, but I wondered if it makes sense to ask for consent
>to the "same" terms-of-use in different languages.

Does to me.

>But really what I am interested in is not storing the hash of the
>terms-of-use content to reduce client-side storage size.

That too.

-- Scott



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