- From: Lofton Henderson <lofton@rockynet.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:40:24 -0700
- To: www-qa-wg@w3.org
David (& everyone) -- As input to its current f2f meeting, I'm trying to make a contribution to SVG to help sort out (for SVG1.2) a messy situation involving lots of DoV. I have a question that I'd like your feedback on (by CoB today, if possible). SVG1.1 defines conformance for viewers [1], in some "sub-categories": a.) Conforming Static SVG Viewers b.) Conforming Dynamic SVG Viewers c.) Conforming High-Quality Static SVG Viewer d.) Conforming High-Quality Dynamic SVG Viewer So we have four kinds of viewers, generated by two orthogonal axes (static/dynamic, and low/high quality). My initial thought was to designate these as 4 classes of product (CoP). The seem to fit SpecGL's generic definition of CoP at [2]. Then I try to classify them according to our enumeration at [3]. Problem: I don't understand the brief abstract definitions at [3] well enough apply them to a-d above. (Recommendation: we *really* need a lot of stuff in SpecET, or else a Quick Tips linked from SpecET, that disambiguates and helps people apply this concept.) Can you suggest a classification of a-d according to [3]? E.g., #a--3rd bullet, #b--5th bullet, etc. Although all 4 seemed to me to be CoP (at least the way they're treated in the Conformance Clause [1]), it then occurred to me: maybe #a & #c are two profiles (or levels?) of the same CoP (SVG static viewer), and #b & #d are two profiles of another CoP (SVG dynamic viewer). Then it occurred to me: maybe all #a, #b, #c, #d are 4 profiles of a single CoP (SVG viewer). There are lots of ways to parse it! (And ... it is not a trivial task to apply SpecGL/ET to a complex conformance problem!) What do you think? -Lofton. p.s. I singled out David because he drafted a lot of the CoP stuff. But I'd be happy to hear from anyone/everyone. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/conform.html#ConformingSVGViewers [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-qaframe-spec-20031110/definitions#definitions [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-qaframe-spec-20031110/concepts#spec-cat-cop
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