- From: <scott_boag@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 11:13:39 -0400
- To: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@datadirect-technologies.com>
- Cc: spec-prod@w3.org, w3c-query-editors@w3.org, www-qa@w3.org
The problem with http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/2/03/11/soap-1.2-conformance.html is that it copies the text from the specification. And possibly rather arbitrarily. What I was looking from was markup in the original document where a document like this could point to, rather than copy the text directly. And also provide a link back into the original text (which often must be read in context). So I think having a separate test/conformance document is a good (very good), but somewhat orthogonal, thought. -scott |---------+--------------------------------------------> | | Jonathan Robie | | | <jonathan.robie@datadirect-techno| | | logies.com> | | | Sent by: spec-prod-request@w3.org| | | | | | | | | 05/07/2002 09:14 AM | | | | |---------+--------------------------------------------> >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: "Paul Cotton" <pcotton@microsoft.com>, "Lofton Henderson" | | <lofton@rockynet.com>, <scott_boag@us.ibm.com> | | cc: <spec-prod@w3.org>, <w3c-query-editors@w3.org>, <www-qa@w3.org> | | Subject: RE: Testable assertion tagging for W3C specifications | >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| At 10:37 PM 5/6/2002 -0400, Paul Cotton wrote: >Another technique is to have a separate test/conformance document that >points directly into a technical specification or quotes test from the >normative document. For example, see the SOAP 1.2 test/conformance >document [1]. > >[1] http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/2/03/11/soap-1.2-conformance.html I like this. This allows someone else to work on the assertions without having to share the source of the document. Also, I think the assertions in this document helped me understand what you are trying to accomplish. I think this is a good thing to do - particularly if it leads to the development of a test suite. My instinct is to use a separate document, not to embed markup in the source document, to allow work to be shared more equitably. Currently, only Don and I really edit the source fo the XQuery language document. Jonathan
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