- From: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:04:49 -0800
- To: Lofton Henderson <lofton@rockynet.com>
- CC: www-qa-wg@w3.org
Lofton Henderson wrote: > [snip] -------------------- > 4. Conformance > > This section defines conformance of Working Group processes and > operations to the requirements of this specification. The > requirements of this specification are detailed in the checkpoints of > the preceding "Guidelines" chapter of this specification, and apply to > the Working Group QA-related documents and deliverables required by > this specification. > > This section defines three levels of conformance to this > specification: > · Conformance Level 1: all Priority 1 checkpoints are satisfied; > > · Conformance Level 2: all Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints are > satisfied; > · Conformance Level 3: all Priority 1, 2, and 3 checkpoints are > satisfied; Here's why we chose "Level Double-A" instead of "Level 2": It wasn't clear to people that "2" meant "Priority 1 AND 2 requirements are met." It could be interpreted as "no priority 1 requirements are met, only those P2 and below (P3).". I would recommend sticking with A/AA/AAA just because that system is already familiar to people within W3C. Is there an important reason for changing nomenclature? > A Working Group conforms to the "QA Framework: Process & Operational > Guidelines" if the Working Group meets at least all Conformance Level > 1 requirements. I don't recommend that, because it means that you can say "I conform to the document" without saying how much. For WCAG 1.0, you have to be explicit: "This page conforms level A." I don't think people should go around saying "I conform to the QA Guidelines" when the conformance granularity is not binary (conforms/doesn't conform). Since there are at least three levels (1,2,3 or A,AA,AAA) I think you need to require people to be explicit for *all* conformance claims. So, I think the above sentence sets the wrong expectations that one might be able to talk about conformance in a generic sense. - Ian > To make an assertion about conformance to this document, specify: > · The guidelines title: "QA Framework: Process & Operational > Guidelines" > · The guidelines URI: [...tbd...] > · The conformance level satisfied: "Level 1", "Level 2", or > "Level 3". > > Example: > This QA processes and operations of this Working Group [???] conform > to W3C's "QA Framework: Process & Operational Guidelines", available > at [...tbd...], Level 2. > ----- end ----- -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 718 260-9447
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