Re: [oiic-formation-discuss] Use Cases

[Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM>]

Sander Marechal wrote:
> Dave Pawson wrote:
>> 2008/6/23  <robert_weir@us.ibm.com>:
>>
>>> I don't disagree on the use and applicability of use cases.  My concern is
>>> in having it in the charter.  I'd prefer to have use cases as a TC
>>> deliverable.
>>
>> We want the TC to deliver profiles, based around the use cases
>> we can suggest.
> 
> I would like to see that too yes. The TC should be free to write more
> use-cases of course (and circulate them, together with the ones we write
> for public review). The TC should also be free to ignore our use-cases
> where they're not applicable. For example, my two suggested use-cases so
> far deal with subset profiles. If the TC comes up with a different
> profiling system, like creating multiple interop profiles based on
> feature sets (ODF/charts, ODF/tables, ODF/text, etcetera) then my
> use-cases don't apply.
> 
> But I'd like the use-cases we write to carry a little more weight than
> just being merely informative. Is there any middle-ground between the
> two? E.g. tell the TC that unless public review finds serious flaws in
> our use-cases they should stick with them?
> 

What about the following: The TC charter does not contain any use cases, 
but you (or whoever has a particular use case) contribute your use case 
to the TC between the TC formation and some agreed date at which the TC 
starts the discussion of use case?

Michael



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