Re: [xslt-conformance] Last Call for your opinion about publicavailability of submitted tests, pre-review

[Carmelo Montanez <carmelo@nist.gov>]

Hi all:

    Its true that publishing submissions do not adds too much to our value
added, however it shows that there is interest on the part of the XSLT
community and that highlights the relevance of our work.

Now ... publishing the submissions may bring another issue.  What if
someone out there decides to evaluate the tests?, are we going to take
that into consideration?, I think it will be great if others look at the
tests and submit comments.

As for ABC choices, I am lining towards "A".

Greetings,
Carmelo
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From: <david_marston@us.ibm.com>
To: <xslt-conformance@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:11 PM
Subject: [xslt-conformance] Last Call for your opinion about public
availability of submitted tests, pre-review


> Should the public at large be able to see the test cases submitted to
> OASIS before they're reviewed? (i.e., the raw submission)
>
> There are three ways we could resolve this that come to mind right
> away (other ideas welcome):
> A. Yes, make it part of the conditions (just like the release for
>    OASIS to disseminate) that submissions will go public as soon as
>    someone on the Committee finds them in the upload area.
> B. [Seems to be disallowed]
> C. No, we only publish a combined suite after review and packaging.
> If you don't respond to this message, we will assume that (A) is
> satisfactory. Further assume that under scenario (A), there will be
> prominent labels that tests are unreviewed and might not actually
> be proper conformance tests.
>
> The question now boils down to what we do with a submission: either
> (A) publish it right away or (C) review it and publish what we want
> later. Under (C), we don't commit to any sort of secrecy about the
> tests (per OASIS policy), it's just the lazier option because (A)
> takes more effort to put the submissions up on the Web.
>
> >From my individual view, (C) is looking attractive because it's
> less work. It doesn't matter too much either way, though. I think we
> should do something to stay visible, but publishing submissions is
> not directing attention to our added value.
>
> Anyone else have any final thoughts before we conclude this question?
> .................David Marston
>
>
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