repository requirements
From: Jim Pitkow (pitkow@parc.xerox.com)
Date: Tue, Apr 20 1999
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 10:42:26 PDT
To: www-wca@w3.org
From: Jim Pitkow <pitkow@parc.xerox.com>
Message-Id: <99Apr20.104407pdt."361416"@louise.parc.xerox.com>
Subject: repository requirements
At the highest level, there are some issues as to what the requirements of
the repository need to be. Here's my understanding of the argument for
having a strict policy on what enters the repository. What I don't quite
have is the counter argument. If you are in the latter camp, please
step-up and provide that line of thought.
Certified Logs or Bust!
* Results and comparisons performed across uncertified logs are dangerous
because a) the data &/or descriptions may be inaccurate and b) the results
not necessarily repeatable. Such logs increase the likelihood of invalid
theories
and incorrect observations being promoted.
* As a result, scientific progress will be hampered by enabling easier
accessibility
of uncertified logs.
* Therefore, the W3C and the WCA have a responsibility to provide only
certified logs.