> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rex Brooks [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 08:47
> To: Alessandro Triglia; 'Rex Brooks'; 'Elysa Jones';
>
> Subject: RE: [emergency] Use Case
>
> I don't have a problem with this, but the fact is that we do need to
> make a definitive statement for EIC, and I'm not going to stand in
> the way of moving forward to OASIS approval. So what I would propose
> is adopting a position that stands behind the conformance section,
> but draws the distinction between conformance and how much of the
> specification needs to implemented.
>
> Perhaps we could say:
>
> "While the conformance section does not mandate that all specific
> message types must be implemented, we suggest implementors develop
> against the set of message types they consider necessary for their
> purposes. We would appreciate if implementors who are OASIS member
> companies test their implementations during development and issue a
> Statement of Use when they are satisfied that their implementations
> are functioning correctly for the minimum requirements of the
> conformance section."
That looks very good.
Alessandro
>
> We could fine tune such language to satisfy the needs of EIC for
> providing guidance on this topic.
>
> Cheers,
> Rex
