[cddlm] Test Driven Standards

[Steve Loughran]

Can I also add my current thinking on how the standardisation process 
can benefit from being test-driven. Compared to a lot of other standards 
we are fairly test-centric, though we have put off defining most of our 
tests until after the specifications were put in the pipeline.

The DAWG group looked at here wants all its test documents first. All 
issues must come with a test document. This is something we could 
consider for all CDL issues; its a bit harder for the others.

I've already been circulating this doc with people in the W3C, in 
particular I've been giving the WS-A group a hard time for having no 
tests, and the TAG people a hard time for letting the WS-A ship without 
any tests. As such I am now engaging with them on what makes good tests 
for WS-A. Send me your addressing traces and I will forward them on to 
the relevant people. If we get our addresses into the formal definition 
of WS-A compliance, then we can be sure that at least our apps will 
interoperate.

-steve
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