Re: Terminology and RDF Schema for Test metadata Re: WAI Testing Minutes

Thanks for the update.   The URL for the QA wiki was inserted into
the IRC log for the meeting, and the QA test metadata was mentioned in the=
=20
minutes and listed as a
resource in the agenda (with a slightly older date), so thanks for=20
emphasizing the QA test metadata work and
pointing out the RDF schema work!

Thanks and best wishes,
Tim Boland NIST

At 03:51 PM 1/31/2007 +0900, Karl Dubost wrote:

>Hi Michael and others,
>
>First of all, sorry to not have been available during your meeting. I
>was on holidays.
>
>Le 31 janv. 2007 =E0 00:02, Michael Cooper a =E9crit :
>>Minutes of the WAI Testing meeting held 24 January 2007 are
>>available at http://www.w3.org/2007/01/24-wai-testing-minutes.
>
>Reading the minutes, I see
>[[[
>RESOLUTION: terminology needs to be consistant and clear.
><jallan> need to use existing definitions when available
>]]]
>
>It might help this group. The QA WG before closing released "Test
>Metadata"[1] W3C Working Group Note, it might still needs
>clarification, Patrick Curran (Sun) was working on it and maybe Lynne
>Rosenthal (NIST) too. "Test Metadata" Note "defines a minimal set of
>metadata elements that can usefully be applied to tests that are
>intended for publication within a test suite."
>
>We didn't create a specific language for handling test cases because
>WGs seem to have different habits for describing and collecting their
>test (XHTML, RDF, etc.) But as you can see in Test Case Metadata[2],
>Dom[3] has created an [RDF Schema for Test Metadata][4][5]. On the
>wiki, you will find also a list of previous projects by different
>groups.
>
>
>[1]: http://www.w3.org/TR/test-metadata/
>[2]: http://esw.w3.org/topic/TestCaseMetadata
>[3]: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa/2006Mar/0023
>[4]: http://www.w3.org/2006/03/test-description.n3
>[5]: http://www.w3.org/2006/03/test-description.rdf
>
>>In addition to the minutes, we have an action to create a report
>>outlining potential next steps. I will announce when that is ready.
>
>keep me in the loop for it.
>
>
>
>--
>Karl Dubost - http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
>W3C Conformance Manager, QA Activity Lead
>   QA Weblog - http://www.w3.org/QA/
>      *** Be Strict To Be Cool ***
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