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<h1>Two months on the QA mailing lists<br />
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October and November 2004</h1>
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<h2 id="About">About the "weekinqa" QA Mailing-lists monthly summary</h2>
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version</a> | <a href="http://www.w3.org/QA/Agenda#calendar">QA
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<p>"Month in QA" is a monthly summary of the main topics discussed on <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa/">www-qa@w3.org</a>, the
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public mailing-list of W3C <a href="/QA/IG"><acronym
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title="Quality Assurance">QA</acronym> Interest Group</a> and <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa-wg">www-qa-wg@w3.org</a>,
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the public mailing-list of W3C's <a href="/QA/WG"><acronym
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title="Quality Assurance">QA</acronym> Working Group</a>.</p>
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<p>The regular editor for "Month in QA" is Lynne Rosenthal, NIST, co-chair of
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the QA Interest Group.</p>
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<p>See also the <a href="http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/05/weekinqa-cal">initial
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calendar</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/02/aweekinqa">initial
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requirements</a> for this resource.</p>
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<h2 id="Topics">Topics for this period</h2>
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<h3 id="sub2-1">At last - Last Call Working Draft of Specification
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Guidelines</h3>
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<p>Wanted: your review and comments. This <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/TR/qaframe-spec/">QA Framework: Specification
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Guidelines</a> is a guide for writing better specification and includes a <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-qaframe-spec-20041122/specgl-ics.html">checklist</a>
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to make sure you haven't forgotten anything. Its easy to read, with lots of
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examples. We invite you to use the Specification Guidelines' <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-qaframe-spec-20041122/specgl-ics.html">checklist</a>
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to see how well your specification does against the 9 requirements - let us
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know how you did. Send comments regarding the technical value of the
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document, what's missing, and its usability to <a
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href="mailto:www-qa@w3.org">www-qa@w3.org</a>,</p>
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<h3 id="sub2-2">Implementation strategy for Specification Guidelines</h3>
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<p>In an effort to find where the principles and good practices of the
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Specification Guidelines are already implemented, the QA WG will review a few
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select Recommendations and complete the Implementation Conformance Statement
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(i.e., checklist). The findings will be shared with the appropriate Working
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Groups. Additionally, QA team members (Karl, Dom, and Olivier) are working
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with several Working Groups in a proactive way - as these WGs develop their
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specifications, the QA team will point out where Specification Guidelies can
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help to resolve an issue.</p>
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<h3 id="sub2-3">Does W3C Document License prohibits profiles?</h3>
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<p>Is it legal for a group to create a profile of a Recommendation which
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contains the Document License? The License states, "No right to create
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modifications or derivations of W3C documents is granted...". Profiles are
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derivatives of the base standard. The belief is that copyright in this
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instance would protect the text of the specification document and not apply
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to the derived profile. Given the current enviornment and concern about IPR,
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a timely clarification on this issue would be welcome. Perhaps the License
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FAQ could be updated with a clarification. See <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa/2004Nov/0000.html">Thread</a>.</p>
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<h3 id="sub2-4">Successful October Face to Face Meeting held</h3>
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<p>The QA Interest Group and Working Group meet in Reading England, October
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27-29, hosted by the Open Group. The meeting resolved open issues on the
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Specfication Guidelines and QA Handbook. Future activities of the Working
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Group were discussed, including publication of its documents, advocating QA
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within W3C, and recruiting new members. <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/QA/2004/10/f2f">Minutes.</a></p>
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<h3 id="sub2-41">Bits and pieces</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>Welcome new QA WG members: Richard Kennedy from Boeing and Tim Boland
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from NIST.</li>
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<li>For possible inclusion in a <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa/2004Nov/0015.html">future
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CUAP</a> - a 'save as' feature. </li>
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<li><a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa/2004Nov/0009.html">Call
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for information</a> about what it takes to start, organize, and develop
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tests - what types of skills, tasks, and structure are needed?</li>
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<li>New releases of the <a
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href="http://validator.w3.org/docs/checklink.html">Link Checker</a>
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(version 4.1).</li>
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<li>Release <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/LogValidator/">LogValidator</a> v0.5
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quality-focused log analysis and batch validation tool. Looking for
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feature wishlist and stories.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="sub2-6">Meeting minutes</h3>
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<p>All meeting minutes are available at: <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/QA/Agenda/">http://www.w3.org/QA/Agenda/</a></p>
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<p class="author">Created Date: 2004-12-01 by <a
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Last modified Date: 2004/12/01 by Lynne Rosenthal</p>
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