- From: Patrick Curran <Patrick.Curran@Sun.COM>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:55:23 -0800
- To: Lynne Rosenthal <lynne.rosenthal@nist.gov>
- Cc: "'www-qa-wg@w3.org'" <www-qa-wg@w3.org>
Agreed. I'll soften this considerably in the next draft... Lynne Rosenthal wrote: > Yes, I think. They definitely use them if they exist. However, what > about all the tests that companies have (e.g., Sun, IBM) and want to > donate to the WG's testing effort. Additionally, do we actually want > to say that implementors don't usually develop conformance tests - > even if that is true, I don't want to say this too strongly, since we > are trying to get implementors to develop conformance tests. > > lynne > > At 01:30 PM 12/15/2004, Patrick Curran wrote: > >> Perhaps I should have suggested that these type of tests are less >> likely to be *developed* by implementors. I agree that most >> implementors will grab whatever tests are available and will run them >> against their implementation. >> >> Do you agree with this revised statement? >> >> Thanks... >> >> Lynne S. Rosenthal wrote: >> >>> >>> Comment on: Why is conformance testing important? >>> >>> >>> >>> I disagree with the 2^nd paragraph, >>> >>> >This type of testing is perhaps less likely to be performed by >>> implementors (who are more likely to focus on performance, >>> usability, features unique to their implementation, etc.) >>> >>> I believe and we (NIST) has seen that implementers do use the >>> conformance tests. >>> >>> >>> >>> --Lynne >>> >>> >>> >>> >>
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