- From: Carlos Iglesias <carlos.iglesias@fundacionctic.org>
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:47:11 +0100
- To: "Shadi Abou-Zahra" <shadi@w3.org>
- Cc: <public-wai-ert@w3.org>
> Hi, > > Carlos Iglesias wrote: > > > Carlos Iglesias schrieb: > >>> 2.3.3 HTTP Response > >>> > >>> "If an HTTP request fails for any reason during a test > >> (network-level error, DNS resolution error, non-HTTP response, or > >> server returns an HTTP 4xx or 5xx status), the test > outcome should be > >> considered FAIL" > >>> When not reaching the server it should be a not tested > >> instead a fail (e.g 5xx server errors). > >> > >> Why is 5xx is mentioned here? > > > > My understood of our discussion was that if you don't reach > a resource > > to test, then it should be a not tested. > > 5xx are Server Errors in which the server is incapable of > performing > > the request. > > Unless there is a mobileOK provision that says something like > "server errors must never occur", you can (and should) > evaluate any *content* received from the server. I don't see > any exceptions for error messages sent by the server (or the > application either). > > Maybe we should clarify that in our comments to the MWI folks > and ask them to specify more explicitly what should happen > with error messages. OK, I'd also like to know what the "under the right circumstances" means for the group in the following paragraph: 1.2 Applicability The tests apply to a URI (or group of URIs). Passing the tests means that **under the right circumstances**, accessing that URI will retrieve content that conforms to the criteria defined, and that its delivery also conforms.[...] Regards, CI. -------------------------------------- Carlos Iglesias CTIC Foundation Science and Technology Park of Gijón 33203 - Gijón, Asturias, Spain phone: +34 984291212 fax: +34 984390612 email: carlos.iglesias@fundacionctic.org URL: http://www.fundacionctic.org
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