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Subject: Fwd: RE: [xml-dev] What do want in a FAQ for a new spec
>X-Original-To: public-ws-chor@listhub.w3.org >Delivered-To: public-ws-chor@listhub.w3.org >Delivered-To: public-ws-chor@w3.org >From: "DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO)" <bob.ducharme@lexisnexis.com> >To: "'Chiusano Joseph'" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>, > Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com> >Cc: egov@lists.oasis-open.org, wsrp@lists.oasis-open.org, > cam@lists.oasis-open.org, xml-dev@lists.xml.org, > public-ws-chor@w3.org >Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:33:53 -0500 >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.33 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) >Subject: RE: [xml-dev] What do want in a FAQ for a new spec >X-Archived-At: >http://www.w3.org/mid/FEF4858E8AB32D4EAC2CF2A7D85386EBE533D2@lnxdayexch06b.lexis-nexis.com >Resent-From: public-ws-chor@w3.org >X-Mailing-List: <public-ws-chor@w3.org> archive/latest/1920 >X-Loop: public-ws-chor@w3.org >Sender: public-ws-chor-request@w3.org >Resent-Sender: public-ws-chor-request@w3.org >List-Id: <public-ws-chor.w3.org> >List-Help: <http://www.w3.org/Mail/> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:public-ws-chor-request@w3.org?subject=unsubscribe> >Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:34:17 -0500 (EST) >X-Rcpt-To: <rexb@starbourne.com> >X-DPOP: Version number supressed >Status: U > > >I'll second what Joe said, and elaborate on it: the consortium responsible >is one thing and which vendors and groups are pushing it are something else. >If the committee that created the spec has a bunch of companies I never >heard of, or if big companies I have heard of have each packed the >membership with multiple members, that's a big difference. > >Related issue: did the committee come up with the spec from scratch or did >they tweak something submitted by someone else, and if so, by who. > >Competing vs. complementary specs: someone wondering whether to pay >attention to a particular spec can easily be confused by its relationships >to related specs. Sometimes specs that seem to address the same issue are >actually addressing a different layer of the issue, sometimes they're >directly competing. DRM and B2B standards are both good examples. > >Where are samples: I'm continually amazed at the amount of XML-based specs >for which examples of valid XML are difficult or impossible to find. If you >have a schema for the data specified by the spec, make it easy to find data >that conforms to the schema and demonstrates *every* element and attribute >in the schema. This helps to justify the presence of each element and >attribute, which is part of a spec's job. > >Bob DuCharme www.snee.com/bob <bob@ >snee.com> "The elements be kind to thee, and make thy >spirits all of comfort!" Anthony and Cleopatra, III ii -- Rex Brooks GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison, Berkeley, CA, 94702 USA, Earth W3Address: http://www.starbourne.com Email: rexb@starbourne.com Tel: 510-849-2309 Fax: By Request
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