Re: Question re: Comments USE-Cases

Hi Robert,
I know that the IETF (another standards type body) defines words like MUST 
and SHOULD in their documents. I don't know if W3C does along those lines, 
if anything. It's my impression that standards need to use strong words 
when referring to what is required to claim compliance with a standard. 
This is "just" a note, not a recommendation, but strong statement still 
seem called for, imo. 

          Mez

Mary Ellen Zurko, STSM, IBM Lotus CTO Office       (t/l 333-6389)
Lotus/WPLC Security Strategy and Patent Innovation Architect




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Hello All:
 
It appears that my posts are going through to the list now and to 
celebrate this fact I will ask a question. I have been reviewing the 
document  http://www.w3.org/TR/wsc-usecases/   Section six (6) says USE 
cases and there have been comments regarding other sections. So for my 
question: Should one be commenting on the full : "Web Security Experience, 
Indicators and Trust: Scope and Use Cases" document?  If so here is my 
first comment, I am not sure if this is a editing question or a goals 
question.
 
 
2.2 Relevance of security information
The Working Group will analyze common use cases to determine what security 
information a user requires to proceed safely and recommend security 
information that should, or should not, be presented in each case.
 
When we say "What security information a user requires to proceed" isn't 
this a bit to strong, could this not create the presumption of liability 
for people working on this document. Wouldn't it be better to say 
something more vague:
 
"what security information a user at least in part requires to proceed 
safely"
 
** Note I am not a lawyer, but the word requires (the way it was used) 
seems to strong to me.
 
 
 
Thanks,
 
 
Robert B Yonaitis
Founder and CTO
HiSoftware
http://www.hisoftware.com/co/yonaitis.htm 
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