- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 10:39:08 -0700
- To: scott_boag@us.ibm.com
- Cc: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@datadirect-technologies.com>, spec-prod@w3.org, w3c-query-editors@w3.org, www-qa@w3.org
scott_boag@us.ibm.com wrote: > Too often we think > of the specification as prose. What it really must be is This is a strong assertion that may be true but probably requires some supporting evidence. In my experience the human-readability of a spec is an important factor in its successful uptake by the community. XML 1.0 is admittedly a counter-example, but should I ever undertake another large-scale core-technology spec editing assignment, I'd put a lot more energy into the prose. Having said all that, the testable-assertions hypothesis probably merits serious investigation. I'm not sure it merits immediate adoption. -Tim
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