Re: review of A&E

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Max Froumentin <maxfro@opera.com> wrote:
> Hi Marcos,
>
> All changes approved, except the 2 below:
>
> Marcos Caceres <marcosc@opera.com> writes:
>
>>> 5. [Dependencies on Other Specifications] The last 2 statements logically yield "A user agent MUST attempt to implement [some specifications]"
>>>
>> now reads:
>> [[
>> A user agent supports a specification if it attempts to implement that
>> specification.
>>
>> A user agent MUST support:
>>  * the [Widgets-Packaging] specification,
>>  * the [WebStorage] specification's Storage interface, with the
>> exclusion of the Database interface.
>>  * the [DOM3Core] specification.
>> ]]
>
> It ends up to the same logical conclusion, no? If you substitute "support" in the second sentence you get:
> "A user agent MUST attempt to implement: ....". Surely, 'attempt to' is extra, no?

Ok. I guess it it MUST support then it is expect to be a complete
implementation.

>>> 14. [The authorName Attribute] This is a comment on P&C: <author> is used to deduce the  "author name" property, but in the definition of <author> it's not specified that the element must contain the author's name.
>>>
>>
>> You can't check that, it's not testable.
>
> In fact, I'm saying that the property should be called "author information", rather than "author name".

Right. changed it to widget.authorInfo


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Received on Friday, 1 May 2009 14:58:59 UTC