Re: [web-annotation] Validation of FragmentSelector Value

> On 5 Feb 2016, at 20:30, Rob Sanderson <notifications@github.com> 
wrote:
> 
> From https://www.w3.org/annotation/track/issues/7 
<https://www.w3.org/annotation/track/issues/7>
> Is it possible, and if not is it desirable, to be able to validate 
the values of FragmentSelectors against the specification that it is 
claimed to conform to?
> 
> For example, if a Selector claims that it conforms to the text/plain
 fragment syntax, and it is actually random characters, is it (a) 
possible to detect, and (b) is there anything that we need to do?
> 
> My proposal is that this is an implementation concern, and that 
given the conformsTo link, it would be possible to construct a 
validation suite. Thus we should close #7 
<https://github.com/w3c/web-annotation/issues/7> (in the W3C tracker) 
and this one.
> 
> 

Let alone the fact that we are open ended, ie, new fragment 
definitions come to the fore; meaning that we never have a fully 
compliant implementation if this becomes part of the core requirements
 and tests.

Ie, I think this should be closed without further ado






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