Re: Location of 'techniques' in TCDL

Hi,

Quoting Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>:
> Hi,
> 
> cstrobbe wrote:
> > If we turn around our approach and map primarily to
> > techniques/failures instead of success criteria, 
> > do we also need to revisit the naming
> > convention? The resulting test suite would be very useful for
> > developers looking for examples of techniques/failures, 
> > but as a benchmark for ERT, wouldn't it suffer from the lack
> > of a mapping to success criteria?
> 
> 
> Just for the sake of completeness, the tests would still map to 
> the success criteria via the techniques. Anyway, thanks for 
> explaining the TCDL approach.

> >>> if we care about the relationship between technique(s) and 
> >>> location(s), why not put 'techniques' inside 'location'; if we
> >>> don't care, why not put 'techniques' outside 'locations' and  
> >>> avoid suggesting a  relationship between a specific location 
> >>> and a specific technique? Let's take a clear stance, not 
> >>> something in between.
> >> 
> >> Agreed. I for my part care... ;)
> > 
> > Great. 
> > Any other comments?
> 
> Yes. If the sample is a good implementation of the technique, the 
> location element becomes meaning less.

In the schema, each of the types of location pointers is optional, but 
the TCDL spec and/or our usage document could say that at least one is 
required. After all, if you implement a technique, there is something 
in the code to prove it. 
That said, you seem to present an argument against putting 'techniques' 
inside 'location'. Does that mean you prefer putting it after 
'locations'?

Are Shadi and I the only ones who care about this?

Best regards,

Christophe


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Received on Thursday, 19 October 2006 10:19:10 UTC