Re: Last Call Comments on Namespaces in XML 1.1

On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Richard Tobin wrote:
> 
> [...] The syntax you describe:
> 
>   <foo xmlns:bar="" bar:baz="quux"/>
> 
> was not legal in Namespaces 1.0.

My bad.


> > 2. What will the CR exit criteria be, and when will your CR exit
> > criteria test suite be available? I urge you to consider using the
> > same criteria as the CSS working group used for the Media Queries
> > module [1], which is based on the criteria we used for the Selectors
> > specification [2] and the Mobile Profile [3]. This will help ensure
> > interoperability.
> > 
> > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/#status
> > [2] http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Test/CSS3/Selectors/current/
> > [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/css-mobile#status
> 
> Summary: accepted
> 
> We intend to produce a small test suite by the end of the CR period,
> and will require that two implementations pass it in full.  The
> namespaces spec is not broken down into features, so we see no reason
> to consider partial conformance.

That is excellent news.

Will there be any process for external contributions to this test suite?


Cheers,
-- 
Ian Hickson                                      )\._.,--....,'``.    fL
"meow"                                          /,   _.. \   _\  ;`._ ,.
http://index.hixie.ch/                         `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'