- From: Michael Kay <mhk@mhk.me.uk>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:22:25 +0100
- To: <colin@colina.demon.co.uk>, <public-qt-comments@w3.org>
Colin, You commented in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-qt-comments/2004Feb/1237.html to the effect that you felt it should be legitimate for a conformant processor to implement some but not all of the features required in the schema-aware conformance level. The Working Group debated this. The WG understands your reasons, but felt that it was undesirable in the interests of interoperability to allow implementors to "cherry-pick" the features they liked from the spec, while leaving out those they didn't like or found harder to implement. For an implementor aiming to achieve full conformance but who has not yet reached that level, there are two options: (a) you can put a switch in your product that disables all features beyond the basic conformance level, and announce that the product, with this switch set, conforms at the basic level (b) you can simply announce to your users that you have implemented all the features required of a basic level processor and more, while avoiding a formal claim that your product is conformant. I know that this isn't what you wanted, but I have to ask if you will accept this response to your comment. Regards, Michael Kay for the XSL Working Group
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