- From: Thomas B. Passin <tpassin@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 10:43:11 -0400
- To: www-qa@w3.org
[Eric van der Vlist] > > If that had been the case, other specs such as XPath 1.0 could have > refered to "the latest definition of a XML Name" instead of nominatively > quote "the current definition of a XML Name in XML 1.0". Including specs by reference is good, but including the "current version" by reference is onerous and even dangerous. Should the referenced spec get changed, entirely out of your control, your product is suddenly non-conforming. It would be impossible to know what really is supported or how a processor should work, since it might or might not have been brought up to the new standard. In practically all US government specs, you will see other documents included by reference, by always qualified by the phrase "of the exact issue specified". That is how it should be. Cheers, Tom P
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