Re: Towards a better testsuite: Metadata

On 04/12/2016 03:50 PM, ishida@w3.org wrote:
> On 12/04/2016 20:10, fantasai wrote:
>> The test template would look like this:
>>
>> <!DOCTYPE html>
>> <title>
>>    Title of your test on one line [optional]
>>
>>    ... Assertion of your test, i.e. what does passing this test
>>    prove. E.g. When text-align is not set, its initial value depends
>>     on dir attribute.) ...
>> </title>
>
> i'm still not keen on this.  It's risky. For example, how do you tell whether there's a one line short title followed by an
> assertion paragraph or no short title but two paragraphs? It also requires dealing with different line breaks, and there's a
> risk of lines not being properly separated, etc.
>
> if we have to use the title element, how about using the title attribute with it for the optional bit, ie. the short title.
> Then at least we can tell the difference easily.
>
> ie.
>
> <!doctype html>
> <html>
> <head>
> <meta charset="UTF-8">
> <title title="short title for your test">Assertion, i.e. in situation X, Y will happen. E.g. When text-align is not set, its
> initial value depends on the dir attribute.</title>
>
>
> and btw in the documentation i'd say that the title attribute is optional, but recommended.

This makes sense to me!

~fantasai

Received on Tuesday, 12 April 2016 21:30:24 UTC