Re: comments on guidelines

At 12:41 PM 12/4/99 -0500, Ian Jacobs wrote:
>If they system on which the software runs does not have a standard API,
>then the standard output API requirement doesn't apply. If the tool
>runs on a system where it is not possible to operate the software with
>other software, the output API requirement would also not apply and
>the tool could thus conform.


I'd suggest that in that case the system be required to provide a 
documented interface to reach the same information.

Len


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Received on Monday, 6 December 1999 09:28:45 UTC