- From: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:25:27 -0500
- To: www-qa@w3.org
On behalf of the QA Working Group [1], I am pleased to announce the publication of the 22 November 2004 "QA Framework: Specification Guidelines" Last Call Working Draft. The document is available at: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-qaframe-spec-20041122/ Review start date : 22 November 2004 Review end date : 28 January 2005, at 23:59 EDT Mailing list : www-qa@w3.org (public archive [2]) For more information on the purpose of a Last Call review, please consult section 7.4.2 of the W3C Process Document [3]. The QA WG looks forward to your review comments, Karl Dubost Chair, QA WG [1] http://www.w3.org/QA/WG/ [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa/ [3] http://www.w3.org/2004/02/Process-20040205/tr.html#last-call ================================= Decision to advance to Last Call ================================= The QA WG decided to advance to Last Call, with no objections, at their Wednesday 17 November 2004 telcon. [3] Resolution: Publish Last Call. [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa-wg/2004Nov/0084 ================== Patent disclosures ================== Per the W3C Patent Policy, Working Group participants have 60 days from the publication of the Last Call Working Draft to exclude any essential claims. The deadline for such exclusions is 21 January 2005. [8] http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/34282/status ================================================== Abstract of QA Framework: Specification Guidelines ================================================== A lot of effort goes into writing a good specification. It takes more than knowledge of the technology to make a specification precise, implementable and testable. It takes planning, organization, and foresight about the technology and how it will be implemented and used. The goal of this document is to help W3C editors write better specifications, by making a specification easier to interpret without ambiguity and clearer as to what is required in order to conform. It focuses on how to define and specify conformance for a specification. Additionally, it addresses how a specification might allow variation among conforming implementations. The document is presented as a set of guidelines or principles, supplemented with good practices, examples, and techniques. ======================= Status of This Document ======================= This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/. This document is the 22 November 2004 Last Call Working Draft (WD) of “QA Framework: Specification Guidelines”, made available by the the QA Working Group of the W3C Quality Assurance (QA) Activity for discussion by W3C members and other interested parties. For more information about the QA Activity, please see the QA Activity statement. This is the Last Call, third published version of this document after the decision to completely redesign the QA Framework, resolved by the QA Working Group at its 2004 Technical Plenary face-to-face. It is a lighter-weight, less authoritarian, more user-friendly and useful version of the previously published Candidate Recommendation version of the QA Specification Guidelines.The changes since the previous version are documented in the changelog and highlighted in a separate document. Publication as a Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress. Patent disclosures relevant to this specification may be found on the Working Group's Patent disclosure page in conformance with the W3C Patent Policy of 5 February 2004. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) with respect to this specification should disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. The Working Group expects this specification to become a Recommendation. The Last Call review period ends 28 January 2005, at 23:59 EDT. Please send Last Call review comments on this document before that date to www-qa@w3.org, the publicly archived list of the QA Interest Group. Reviewers please note that your comments will be publicly archived and available; do not send information that should not be distributed, such as private data. Last Call Working Draft status is described in section 7.4.2 of the W3C Process Document. To the extent possible, please provide a separate email message for each distinct comment. -- Karl Dubost QA WG Chair, W3C Conformance Manager *** Be Strict To Be Cool ***
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