- From: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:29:13 -0400
- To: www-qa@w3.org
- Cc: Gary Feldman <g1list_1a@marsdome.com>
Dear Gary, Thanks for your comments on the Last Call version of the QA Framework: Specification Guidelines[0] - 22 November 2004 After two weeks from now (on May 18, 2005), the lack of answer will be considered as if you had accepted the comment. Original comment (issues 1061 [1] and 1142 [2]): http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa/2005Jan/0036.html Thank you for your comment, which generated a significant amount of discussion within the QA Working Group. We chose to address the comment as two separate issues. With regard to issue #1061 (what to call non-normative "specifications") we agreed that our terminology was imprecise, and substituted the term "technical reports" to describe all the documents that go through the W3C process, normative or not. With regard to issue #1142 (whether or not non-normative documents should explain why they do not need a conformance clause) we disagree with your assessment that such an explanation is often unnecessary. We believe that based on past experience there is often a significant amount of confusion about whether or not a technical report is normative and consequently whether or not one could conform to it. We therefore feel that the simplest approach is always to require an explanation of whether or not conformance is an issue. We did agree with you that it is not necessary to require an actual conformance section in such documents. Our revised text reads [3]: "Note that for some technical reports (e.g., The QA Handbook [QA- HANDBOOK], Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One [WEB-ARCH]) where conformance is not an issue (e.g., no normative content), the conformance clause may be an explanation of why there is no 'conformance to this document' and may be presented in another section rather than in a separate conformance section." [0] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-qaframe-spec-20041122/ [1] http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1061 [2] http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1142 [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-qaframe-spec-20050428/#about -- Karl Dubost QA Working Group Chair http://www.w3.org/QA/WG/
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