Re: Extension/Extensibility examples in W3C Specifications from Alex Rousskov on 2004-05-07 (www-qa@w3.org from May 2004)

From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 11:16:06 -0600 (MDT)
To: Lynne Rosenthal <lynne.rosenthal@nist.gov>
Cc: www-qa@w3.org
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0405071113030.15472@measurement-factory.com>

On Fri, 7 May 2004, Lynne Rosenthal wrote:

> Looks like I may have understood.  I believe an extension must not
> break conforming functionality.  Extensions that break things or
> change them is not something to promote.  That is what I thought was
> being said.

If the specification _allows_ its extensions to change its normative
requirements (under certain conditions), is it accurate to say that
such extensions are "breaking things"? I do not think so.

Alex.

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