- From: David Marston/Cambridge/IBM <david_marston@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 17:08:40 -0400
- To: www-qa-wg@w3.org
The example below may give new insights into the value of a guideline and checkpoints on Conformance Policy. Today, a spec editor responded to a request for clarification/erratum by saying that the meaning of the current spec could be discerned by applying a principle that the more specific rule takes precedence over the more general rule. But the spec in question never says that such a principle is in force! Checkpoints are a way to draw out hidden policies and interpretations, even legalistic ones like the above. The above may also reflect a view that is not shared among all cultures in the world, so ascribing the principle to "common understanding" is unwise. .................David Marston
Received on Friday, 25 October 2002 17:16:27 UTC