Philippe Le Hégaret,
plh@w3.org
Interaction Domain Leader,
World Wide Web Consortium
Mozilla-Guest
Currently, from the W3C Process:
Shown that each feature of the technical report has been implemented. Preferably, the Working Group SHOULD be able to demonstrate two interoperable implementations of each feature.
If the Director believes that immediate Advisory Committee review is critical to the success of a technical report, the Director MAY accept to Call for Review of a Proposed Recommendation even without adequate implementation experience;
Groups usually test:
Groups usually don't:
Interoperable
Qualitatively interoperable at a judgment level, not necessarily for every spec assertion. A test suite may be used as guidance for the qualitative decision.
Judgment level
For features that are well known to be widely implemented and deployed, and where implementations are believed to match the specification, the Working Group will assume effective real-world interoperability without testing.
No test suites:
(depending on the groups)
And we lack consistency between the groups
Despite the appreciated efforts:
Ensure proper documentation
Make it consistent among groups
Is it important for W3C to: