Dave Pawson <> wrote on 05/17/2009 10:12:09 AM:
>
> Re: [opendocument-users] New question (2): Reference implementation?
>
> > What we do require is that a specification have
> > three successful implementations which conform to the standard before
we
> > can vote on it as an OASIS Standard. A single reference
implementation is
> > not part of our formal process.
> >
> > That's my answer wearing my TC Chair hat.
>
> Since the standard has no conformance spec, and very little in the way
> of requirements against which conformance may be measured,
> that means there aren't any successful implementations
> (by this definition).
>
>
That is incorrect, Dave. The standard defines conformance in section 1.4
"Document Processing and Conformance".
-Rob
