[xtm-wg] XTM Processing Model - proposal for requirements

[Lars Marius Garshol <larsga@garshol.priv.no>]

Here are my proposed requirements. Please note that this list will
only have any value if

  a) people read it closely and fight the bits they don't like, 

  b) the actual model document follows it, and

  c) the requirements serve as the basis for arguments about what the
     model should look like.



XTM Processing Model - requirements proposal

The XTM processing model shall:

 1. Provide implementors of XTM software with all the information they
    need to ensure that their implementations are fully interoperable
    with other implementations.

 2. Describe the data model, or abstract structure, of topic maps.
 
 3. Describe how to build instances of the model from XTM 1.0
    documents.
 
 4. Describe how to build instances of the model from ISO 13250
    documents.
 
 5. Be specified in exhaustive detail, covering every aspect of topic
    maps that has model, or logical, significance.

 6. Be written to be easily and fully comprehensible to implementors
    with as scope for interpretation as possible.

 7. Not constrain implementations beyond what is necessary to ensure
    that they do follow the XTM standard.

 8. Describe error situations and how to handle them.

 9. Include no optional parts in the model.

 10. Include as few optional processing steps as possible.


--Lars M.


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