- From: David Marston/Cambridge/IBM <david_marston@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 10:31:30 -0400
- To: www-qa@w3.org
Andrew Thackrah asks: >Are version numbers another dimension of variability? Not in the formal sense. The spec guidelines, currently describing eight dimensions of variability, apply to one single version. If the WG keeps enough similarity between versions and specifies backward compatibility behavior, then a product meeting the later-version standard MAY be able to deal with the older version by treating it as another dimension of variability. (That's if the later-version standard even allows any leeway in backward compatibility.) .................David Marston
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