why "consumers"?

Name: Makoto Ueki
Email: makoto.ueki@gmail.com
Affiliation: JIS Working Group
Document: W2
Item Number: Conformance Claims
Part of Item: 
Comment Type: editorial
Summary of Issue: why "consumers"?
Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
In "Optional components of a conformance claim" section, it reads "This information should be provided in a form that consumers can use, preferably machine-readable metadata." Who is "consumers"? Does it mean "end users of the web site/web appication"? If so, why "consumers" instead of "users"?

Proposed Change:
Need explanation.

Received on Friday, 22 August 2008 12:27:15 UTC