- From: Jo Rabin <jrabin@mtld.mobi>
- Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:53:39 +0000
- To: Francois Daoust <fd@w3.org>
- CC: MWI BPWG Public <public-bpwg@w3.org>
Hi Francois Thanks for this - my rejoinders in line. Jo On 07/11/2008 08:26, Francois Daoust wrote: > Hi Jo, > > +1 ! > > > My two-cents: > > First cent > ---------- > A small point of detail. "mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0" is referred to in > the text as: > mobileOK Basic Tests > mobileOK Basic 1.0 Tests > mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0 > I think we'd rather stick to the long "mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0" > everywhere. > er, yes. You are right. It should be mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0 [MOK] everywhere. > > Second cent > ----------- > I wonder about the use of "conform" and "conformance" in: > - the abstract: "for conformance to Best Practice" > - the Purpose section: "to help content providers conform to Mobile Web > Best Practices" > > I think it's the appropriate term, but it carries a "normative" feeling. > My understanding is that the only defined conformance claim one can make > against the Mobile Web Best Practices so far is the mobileOK trustmark, > or, in other words, that one may "follow" or "apply" the Best Practices > but not directly "conform" to them, since conformance is defined in > other documents. The addendum being "commentary" and to be published as > a note, I don't it can define any such conformance. Yes, "adhere" would be a better word in the circumstances. Good point. > > Well, I think I'm being uselessly picky here and probably wrong, but > then I needed a second cent ;-) > > Francois. > > > Jo Rabin wrote: >> >> Proposed restatement of the Abstract [1] and Introduction [2] >> >> >> [1] >> http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/Group/TaskForces/mobileOKPro/drafts/ED-mobileOK-pro10-tests-20081021.html#abstract >> >> >> [2] >> http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/BPWG/Group/TaskForces/mobileOKPro/drafts/ED-mobileOK-pro10-tests-20081021.html#introduction >> >> >> >> Abstract >> >> This document supplements W3C Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 [BP] by >> providing additional assessments for conformance to Best Practice and >> some additional interpretation of the Best Practices. >> >> >> 1 Introduction >> 1.1 Purpose >> >> The purpose of this document is to help content providers conform to >> Mobile Web Best Practices, by providing additional tests for their >> content and by interpreting and clarifying Best Practices in some cases. >> >> Mobile Web Best Practices contains sections against each best practice >> called "What to Test". The tests in this document supplement those tests. >> >> 1.2 Relationship to mobileOK Basic Tests >> >> mobileOK Basic Tests [MOK] describes machine executable tests for >> conformance to Best Practices, when delivering content to the >> hypothetical extremely basic mobile device called the "Default >> Delivery Context" [link] (DDC). >> >> Many of the tests described in MOK are not useful when determining >> suitability of content for use on more advanced devices. Indeed, >> content that is suitable for the DDC (and hence mobileOK Basic >> conformant) and is not available in other forms that take advantage of >> capabilities of more advanced devices may result in a poor user >> experience on such devices. >> >> 1.3 Scope >> >> The scope of this document is commentary on Mobile Web Best Practices >> [MWBP] and mobileOK Basic 1.0 Tests [MOK]. >> >> 1.4 Audience >> >> The document is intended for creators, maintainers and operators of >> Web sites. Readers of this document are expected to be familiar with >> the creation of Web sites, and to have a general familiarity with the >> technologies involved, such as Web servers and HTTP, with Mobile Web >> Best Practices and with mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0. >> >> >>
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