[QAIG] draft index for QA Handbook - my action item

Per my action item (recorded in [1]) from the recent W3C Technical Plenary: 
"to index
QA Handbook [2] to answer specific questions"

My approach:

The Introduction to the QA Handbook indicates that the handbook is for 
Working Group (WG) chairs and team contacts, so supposedly they would be 
the ones asking the questions of the handbook. So I tried to think of what 
questions they would ask of this handbook, based upon the Introduction.

I also looked up the definition of "index" in Webster's dictionary. The 
definition I found was:
"something serving to guide, point out, or otherwise aid reference, as an 
alphabetized listing
of names, places, and subjects in a printed work that gives the page on 
which each item is
mentioned."

So after considering what questions WG members might ask of the
QA Handbook, as well as the definition of "index', following is a first 
draft of tags/questions
for the good practices of the QA Handbook (after (QA), which is implicitly 
included, alphabetized , with GP being Good Practice). First comes the 
index term, then the referenced GPs, and finally the hypothesized question 
that would supposedly be answered by those good practices.

Comments welcome.

Thanks and best wishes
Tim Boland NIST

[1]: http://www.w3.org/2006/02/27-qa-minutes.html
[2]: http://www.w3.org/TR/qa-handbook/

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(QA) Communication - GP 7, 8, 9 (Question might be "How would the WG 
communicate their QA activities to those outside of the WG?")

(QA) Deliverables - GP 2, 3, 4 (Question might be "What are the QA 
deliverables for my WG?")(NOTE - maybe some overlap with "test materials" - 
I could say "other deliverables?")

(QA) Planning - GP 2, 3, 4 (Question might be " What QA schedules should I 
put in place for my WG"? NOTE -may be related to "deliverables" - maybe 
should be combined?)

(QA) Policy - GP 10, 11, 12 (Question might be "What policies (from a legal 
or business standpoint) does my WG need to put in place to support QA 
objectives of my WG?" ) (NOTE - these are duplicated in "test materials" 
index previously?)

(QA) Process - GP 6 (Question might be "What QA process does my WG need to 
have in support of QA?")

(QA) Staffing - GP 5 (Question might be "How would my WG staff my QA 
activities?")

(QA) Test Materials - GP 1, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 (all have the term "test 
material" specifically mentioned in them - Question might be "How should my 
WG handle test materials for QA?")

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Received on Tuesday, 14 March 2006 14:34:50 UTC