- From: James Graham <jgraham@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:33:18 +0200 (CEST)
- To: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- cc: "Michael[tm] Smith" <mike@w3.org>, Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>, w3mreq@w3.org, public-test-infra@w3.org
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011, Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote: > Hi Mike, > > On 19.7.2011 15:49, Michael[tm] Smith wrote: >> Shadi Abou-Zahra<shadi@w3.org>, 2011-07-18 09:49 +0200: >> >>> Hi Mike, Philippe, >>> >>> As discussed, please find some comments on the draft Browser Testing and >>> Tools Working Group $Id: browser-testing-charter.html,v 1.11 2011/07/11 >>> 14:05:14 mike Exp $. The comments are based on input from Michael Cooper >>> and >>> Jeanne Spellman though they may have additions. >>> >>> #1. Title<-> scope mismatch >>> >>> The WG title "Browser Testing and Tools" seems significantly broader than >>> the scope described. A clearer title would be "Web Applications Testing >>> and >>> Tools Working Group" or similar. >> >> I chose the title to make it clear what class of applications the proposed >> deliverables are limited to. They are meant to be implemented in Web >> browsers (instead of, say, in authoring applications). > > Just for the record, I continue to think that the current title is too broad > and misleading. It is a significant mismatch to the scope. My understanding is that the scope of the WG is to standardise things useeful for testing the web-stack technologies in browsers. This seems like it is well conveyed by the title. The fact that thesame things can also be used for testing web applications is a happy corollary.
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