Re: [widgets] P+C spec doesn't normatively state whether attributes are required or not

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Arthur Barstow <Art.Barstow@nokia.com> wrote:
> On Oct 7, 2009, at 9:25 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote:
>
>> (Apologies up front, the following is going to to seem like a rather
>> dumb and slightly condescending discussion. I honestly do not mean it
>> to be, but its necessary to help me identify where I need to fix the
>> specification. Please bear with me.)
>
> LOL!
>
>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Since the schema and Authoring guidelines are both non-normative, the P+C
>>> spec is not clear if  an element's attributes are required or not.
>>
>> When you say "required" (passive voice), do you mean:
>
> My expectation is the spec will normatively state whether an element's
> attributes (e.g. <widget> element has id, version, etc.) are required or not
> in a configuration document.

The spec does not set conformance criteria for configuration
documents. They are no longer considered a class of product. The
specification is exclusively concerned with the behavior of user
agents processing zip files and xml files. Those XML files may be in a
namespace that identifies them as "configuration documents". If that
is that case, apply Step 7.

> I think this information is clear in the 23-July-2009 CR but it is not clear
> in the TSE where the required information is embedded in non-normative
> Authoring Guidelines.

This kind of information is now handled by the conformance checker
specification.

-- 
Marcos Caceres
http://datadriven.com.au

Received on Wednesday, 7 October 2009 14:16:53 UTC