- From: Lynne Rosenthal <lynne.rosenthal@nist.gov>
- Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 07:22:34 -0500
- To: Lofton Henderson <lofton@rockynet.com>
- Cc: www-qa-wg@w3.org
Done. At 06:39 PM 12/22/2003, Lofton Henderson wrote: >At 10:28 AM 12/22/03 -0500, Lynne Rosenthal wrote: > > >>>> > CP2.1: "If your class of product matches one or more terms in the >>>> > list..." Can any given CoP match more than one term, as this >>>> implies? (I >>>> > dunno' ... this is just a question that occurred to me when I read >>>> this.) >>>> >>>>Well, I guess it would be easy to create requirements for a >>>>consumer/producer type of products. >>> >>>Where I'm getting confused is ... "your CoP matches more than one term" >>>versus "a product represents more than one CoP. >>> >>>A *product* could be a producer and it could be a consumer (e.g., it >>>could be capable of generating SVG, and it could be capable of >>>reading/viewing SVG). This product should be subject to the conformance >>>requirements for a viewer (CoP), and it should be subject to the >>>conformance requirements for a generator (another CoP). This product >>>does not necessarily imply a third, producer+consumer CoP. >> >>I see the confusion, the wording of the Discussion is clear. A given CoP >>can't match more than one term - what can match is a specific product, >>that is a specific product can fall into multiple CoPs. Which rewording >>do you like better? >>1) If the specification addresses more than one CoP, list all that apply. >>2) It is not unusual for a specific product to match more than one term >>in the list. > >Actually, I think it might confuse unnecessarily to mention products (by >which I mean instances of products) here, since all else is discussion of >*class of* product. > >The issue would go away by making this change in "Discussion": change "If >your class of product matches one or more terms in the list,..." to >something like, "If your class of product corresponds to one in the >list,..." (I.e., simply lose the concept of "or more"). > >-Lofton. > >
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