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Here is a last call comment from Lofton Henderson (lofton@rockynet.com) on QA Framework : Specifications Guidelines (and Examples and Techniques) received by the LC form system. Submitted on behalf of: N/A Comment type: Substantive The comment applies to: "Overall" Comment title: Simplify & consolidate the guidelines of SpecGL Comment: If the 14 specification guidelines can be clearly summarized in 6 bullets, as we claim is done in the QA Outreach Kit, http://www.w3.org/2003/Talks/qa-outreach/slide5-0.html , then perhaps the guidelines themselves ought to be consolidated and reduced in number. I believe that most of the checkpoints are appropriate, but perhaps should be repackaged. Six bullets: * Scope - define the scope, identifying what needs to conform and how * Conformance Clause - specify the conformance policy and requirements * If you must subset - use profiles, modules, functional levels * Extensions - specify whether and how extensions are allowed * Tag for later use - identify testable assertions, discretionary items * Claims - specify how conformance claims and statements are made I think the first 4 are almost right for guidelines. The later ones don't seem to me to be quite right. new GL1: define and illustrate scope (includes old GL1, GL2) new GL2: define conformance policy and requirements (old GL3, GL10) new GL3: subset as needed (old GL4, GL5, GL6) new GL4: extensions (old GL9) Then it gets a little rougher... new GL5: get a handle on other conformance variability factors (deprecation & discretionary) [old GL7, GL8]. I would not recommend this consolidation unless we can reduce the total checkpoints from 10. new GL6: is there a nice umbrella statement that would accomodate GL13 and GL14? new GL7: claims -- specify how and provide an ICS [old GL11, GL12] So at best, we would have 7 guidelines. At worst, 9 (if the new GL5 wouldn't stick together, and we couldn't find a new GL6 that was satisfactory). Proposed resolution : ]] -- This comment was submitted through the lastCall form system, designed by Martin Duerst and Adapted for the QAWG by Olivier Thereaux.
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