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Re: [xml-dev] Getting specs/standards right (was UPA and schema handling

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To: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@datadirect.com>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Getting specs/standards right (was UPA and schema handling)
From: Bob Foster <bob@objfac.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:42:37 -0700
Cc: Michael Kay <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>,'Michael Champion' <michaelc.champion@gmail.com>,'Liam Quin' <liam@w3.org>, xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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Jonathan Robie wrote:
> A W3C standard can't become a Recommendation without implementations. 
> It's useful to have tests that show what has been correctly implemented, 
> so that we can demonstrate that there really are implementations.

Yes. It would also be useful if those tests were used to develop 
W3C-sanctioned test marks, so the marketplace would have some way to 
tell, except by painful experience, which products actually implement 
the recommendations.

Bob Foster

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