- From: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 14:35:18 -0400
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: www-qa@w3.org
Dear Ian, On Issue 1050. Le 05-05-03 à 12:29, Ian Hickson a écrit : > I guess I accept the resolution if the working group still thinks that > claiming conformance or claiming qualities is ok, We acknowledged your positive answer. Thanks, but we discussed it [1] again because you had concerns > but I have read many > specs that claim to be in compliance with some other spec, or that > claim > to have certain qualities, where in fact it was quite plain that the > specification neither complied nor succeeded in having those > qualities; > and when asking those working groups to correct the specs or remove > the > claims, the claims were treated not as potentially false statements > but as > acts of faith and therefore unquestionable. It is this attitude that I > would like to see discouraged by having the wording clearly state > intent > rather than success. And we decided to continue with our initial stance. Thanks for your comment. [1] http://www.w3.org/mid/ 5.1.1.5.2.20050510084627.00aa63a8@mailserver.nist.gov -- Karl Dubost - http://www.w3.org/People/karl/ W3C Conformance Manager *** Be Strict To Be Cool ***
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