- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:51:48 +0200
- To: Johannes Koch <johannes.koch@fit.fraunhofer.de>
- CC: public-wai-ert@w3.org
Hi Johannes, Johannes Koch wrote: > Shadi Abou-Zahra schrieb: >> Hi all, >> >> Can we agree that the version of EARL is primarily determined by its >> Schema document? The three other specs (HTTP-in-RDF, Content-in-RDF >> and Pointers-in-RDF) are designed to be supplemental, which is alone >> of the reasons why they are WG Notes. IMHO, updating HTTP-in-RDF will >> usually not change the EARL fundamentals, and should therefore not >> require the version number to change. However, changes to the Schema >> document will typically have more direct consequences on EARL as a whole. > > If we say that EARL is a vocabulary defined by different specifications, > then the EARL vocabulary _does_ change if one of the parts changes. > > Another proposal could be to not version EARL the vocabulary, but only > the parts. Then the schema document would have to be called "EARL Schema > 1.0", as already written in an earlier mail. I'm not sure that this helps manage the dependency issue. It is the schema of EARL 1.0, and I think that the name should remain. Please see a suggestion in a next separate thread. Regards, Shadi -- Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ | WAI International Program Office Activity Lead | W3C Evaluation & Repair Tools Working Group Chair |
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