Powell et al. (2004) characterize this issue as the "task-technology-structure fit".
Further work is required to better characterize this issue.
This is how a consortium of opponents, including Shiva, characterized the issue in a position paper titled "Reckless Driving: Gene Drives and the End of Nature": Imagine that by releasing a single fly into the wild you could genetically alter all the flies on the planet — causing them all to turn yellow, carry a toxin, or go extinct.
Several lawmakers characterized the issue as something of a litmus test for Mr. Bush.
"I think Dr. Ryan characterized the issues Wyoming is facing fairly accurately," he said.
However, this way of classifying the disputants, and of characterizing the issue itself, is meant to be suggestive rather than definitive.
He added, "There are alternatives to Universal Grammar, and the fact that NPR" — Nevins, Pesetsky, and Rodrigues — "insist on characterizing the issue as though there were no alternatives, although typical, is either ignorant or purposely misleading".
Wojcicki characterizes the issue with the FDA as part of an ongoing process to clarify how their service is classified, which explores "new territory" for both parties.
On Arment's blog, he characterizes the issue as one where iOS apps crash as soon as they are opened, without even showing the splash screen beforehand.
All cited characterize the issue as one of free speech.
