Carl, Can you provide some specific wording that you would
suggest? Maybe..."in the absence of compliance testing, the TC is
offering this advice.... Elysa
At 07:33 PM 6/13/2006, Carl Reed OGC Account wrote:
>My one concern is the use of the phrase, "non-compliant
>implementation". What is a compliant implementation? In the
>standards world, compliance suggests a rigorous testing framework in
>which assertions (rules) as specified in the standard are
>specifically tested against a given implementation. The OGC has
>almost 4 years experience in building and providing compliance
>testing for a number of our core standards. This framework
>determines that a product implementation of a particular
>Specification fulfills all mandatory elements as specified and that
>these elements are operable. There is significant value to an
>organization or vendor in having their implementation of a given
>standard pass a compliance test.
>
>I am not trying to be overly sticky on the semantics, but if I were
>on the NOAA side, I would ask the question "and what exactly do you
>mean by compliance?"
>
>Also, just to stir the pot a bit, even compliance does not insure
>interoperability. Interoperability testing is a whole other topic.
>
>OGC is not the only organization that provide compliance testing. So
>does ISO, IEEE, the ITU, and many other standards organizations.
>
>Regards
>
>Carl
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Elysa Jones" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [emergency] Draft TC Letter on HazCollect
>
>
>>sorry - forgot the attachment.
>>
>>At 05:29 PM 6/13/2006, Elysa Jones wrote:
>>>Hi TC members,
>>>
>>>Per our telecon today, please find a round 2 draft of a letter to
>>>NOAA about their implementation of HazCollect. Comment to the list
>>>on this draft. I would like to schedule a call for the purpose of
>>>finalizing this letter for 12:30 EDT, Wed. Along with your comments
>>>let me know of your availability for that call. The EIC meeting
>>>will begin at 1:00 and I would like to have this letter in final
>>>form and approved by a majority of our voting membership by that
>>>time. If you are a voting member and are going to be at the
>>>meeting, just be there at 12:30 instead of 1:00.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Elysa Jones, Chair
>>>OASIS EM-TC
>>>Engineering Program Manager
>>>Warning Systems, Inc.
>>>
>>>PS - EIC meeting 1-3 EDT, Call in details: 712-425-2000 code: 20002#
>>>
>>>
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