- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:39:34 +0200
- To: Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com>
- CC: public-iri@w3.org
On 19.04.2011 19:37, Adam Barth wrote: > ... > I should have mentioned that the PASS/FAIL judgements of these tests > are set somewhat arbitrarily. The test exist to probe behavior. It's > our job to look at the behavior and reach judgements about them. > ... We just should be aware that we use probes that are actually relevant. Meaning: that what we can observe from the DOM behavior is the *actual* behavior when parsing/resolving URIs. I believe you that this is the case for Webkit, but I'm not totally convinced it's the case for all UAs. > ... > I'm open to suggestions. The main requirement is that we can perform > the test in a black-box manner so that we can test both open- and > closed-source implementations. > ... There's a risk that we test the wrong thing just because it's easy to test. Best regards, Julian
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