Re: Usage of the word "specification" in the spec GL

At 06:21 PM 8/9/02 +0200, Dominique Hazaël-Massieux wrote:
>[...]
>[side note: is the usage of profile in "An XHTML + MathML + SVG Profile"
>[3] the same as the one we define?]

 From GL3 introductory verbiage in SpecGL [1]:  "A profile is a subset of 
the specification that supports a particular functional objective. Profiles 
can also be used to group a set of standards and define how they are 
required to operate together (e.g., XHTML plus MathML plus SVG)."

This wording has been in SpecGL for a long time (except I just added the 
"e.g.").  It probably has its origins in ISO TR 10000, which defined the 
profile concept that way.

-Lofton.

>1. http://www.w3.org/QA/WG/2002/08/qaframe-spec-0804.html
>2. http://www.w3.org/TR/
>3. http://www.w3.org/TR/XHTMLplusMathMLplusSVG/

Received on Friday, 9 August 2002 13:25:40 UTC