FW: RE: NIST action item from OASIS TAG TC teleconference

["Durand, Jacques R." <JDurand@us.fujitsu.com>]

 FYI, Tim Boland action item:

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Boland [mailto:frederick.boland@nist.gov] 
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 6:18 AM
To: Durand, Jacques R.
Subject: Fwd: RE: NIST action item from OASIS TAG TC teleconference

fyi more input from Lynne on NIST action item from OASIS TAG TC
teleconference..

Best, Tim Boland NIST
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>From: "Lynne S. Rosenthal" <lsr@nist.gov>

>
>Agree with Mark.  However, it is often the case that the predicate is 
>not identical to the requirement or normative statement.  It may be the

>case that a predicate is a subset or refinement of the requirement.  
>Additionally, the predicate may be the result of combining multiple 
>normative statements and creating a new, logically derived predicate.  
>I don't have any specific examples at this time, but know this was the 
>case with several of the graphics standards
>
>Lynne
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Skall
> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:47 PM
> > To: 'boland@nist.gov'; Lynne S. Rosenthal
> > Cc: Mark Skall
> > Subject: RE: OASIS TAG TC question
> >
> > I'm not sure what this means, but if it means can we stray from the 
> > normative requirements in the spec, I would definitely be opposed to
this.
> >
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> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: boland@nist.gov [mailto:boland@nist.gov]
> > >Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:47 PM
> > >To: Lynne S. Rosenthal
> > >Cc: Mark Skall
> > >Subject: OASIS TAG TC question
> > >
> > >At the OASIS TAG TC meeting yesterday, NIST was asked to comment on

> > >the proposition that there are times when the predicate of a TA 
> > >does not (should
> > >not?) match exactly the normative statements of a specification.  
> > >Do you and/or Mark have any inputs/comments/examples on this?
> > >
> > >Thanks and best wishes
> > >Tim Boland NIST
> > >