- From: Oisin Hurley <ohurley@iona.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:25:12 -0000
- To: <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
[deletia] > -> Upon failure of envelope version support, there should be a consistent > error indicating so. This then > leads to the question of "what version of envelope should that error be > contained in?" The following > question surfaces: "What versions do you support?". I agree - the failure models for basic XP features should be normative. [deletia] > "............The specification must define the concepts of backwards > compatible and backwards incompatible > evolution through a consistent mechanism over time that encompasses > incompatable version detection > and discovery of supported XP versions." We particularly wished to avoid the used of the word 'version' in the text because it was seen by many as a solution to the problem of compatibility rather than as a requirement. As it stands, the text says - 'we have to be able to do this, but we don't care how'. The next step is to say 'we do it using versioning, in this particular fashion'. cheers --oh -- ohurley ta iona tod com +353 1 637 2639
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