1143 2005-03-04 02:41:13 +0000 positive statements for non applicability 2005-04-28 11:53:49 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified QA QASpec-GL LC-2004-11-22 All All RESOLVED REMIND http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa/2005Mar/0015.html needsAction P2 normal --- 1 dom karl karl oldest_to_newest 3973 0 dom 2005-03-04 02:41:13 +0000 Several places where a specification might have some option (deprecated, extended, subsetted, profiled, etc) there is no requirement to make a positive statement that the spec has no (deprecated elements, extensions, subsets, profiles, etc). It is therefore hard to tell specs that conform (because they don't have these things) from ones that do not conform (because they have these things and don't clearly identify them). The QA Specification Guidelines is an example of a spec that does not clearly state that it does not have several items in this category. Thus, its not easy to tell if it conforms to itself or not. 3974 1 dom 2005-03-04 02:43:03 +0000 The QA Working Group agreed that positive statements are needed to distinguish cases of non-applicability from cases of non-conformance, and will amend the relevant requirements and good practices accordingly. We will also fix our own document in that respect. 3648 2 dom 2005-04-28 11:53:49 +0000 setting version to LC in case of future use