- From: olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:28:47 +0900
- To: public-cdf@w3.org
Dear CDF working group. This is a comment on the W3C Working Draft Dated 09 August 2005 of "Compound Document Framework 1.0 and WICD Profiles" http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-WICD-20050809/ The first part of the specification introduces itself as a "framework". It is not clear enough, however, what the scope, goals and boundaries of this framework are. The introduction, in this regard, is a little poor and introduces the concept of compound documents (without, however, giving them a clear definition). It should introduce the framework. The framework should have a section defining its scope, clearly marked as such. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/qaframe-spec/#define-scope-principle The framework, in its current wording, sometimes looks a little like a loose collection of techniques to combine xml-based content, both in terms of authoring, interpreting and visualizing. The underlying questions, which should be clarified, are "what is this framework defining" and "what are the actual classes of product that will implement it". * What is this framework defining? The current text leans toward techniques for combining xml-based languages, but the organization of the document suggests that it is defining a framework for the creation of WICD profiles, e.g: > WICD Core builds upon CDF. At this point, it is my impression that CDF is not a framework upon which these profiles can be built. This makes the clarification of *how* the profiles are conforming to the framework difficult. * What are the actual classes of product that will implement CDF? Define this somewhere, and when declaring features, precise which class of product they apply to, and how. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/qaframe-spec/#implement-principle regards, -- olivier
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