Re: Relationship to other activities

I think the process you outline makes sense.

Auditing is already something we're doing for Accessibility, I18N, and 
soon Device Independance.
 
> How would a QA activity interact with other activities?
> 
>  Would the QA members work in a purely advisory role to other groups
>  or would the activity have some authority to impose certain standards?
> 
>  If advisory, would QA input only come by invitation of the activity, or
>  would each activity have QA members involved/assigned to steer the work on
>  QA issues?
> 
>  An activity could adopt a certain QA policy (such as itemised by David
> Marston)
>  and then request the QA group to audit their work.
> 
>  Acceptance criteria could be set for certain activities with QA acting as
>  adjudicators - or advisors to a higher authority.
> 
> 
>  Andrew Thackrah