[occi-wg] Ambiguity regarding Collections

[Sam Johnston]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:31 PM, <shlomo.swidler at gmail.com> wrote:

> >> Have you considered having an official "OCCI Compatibility Test",
> >> which could be an impartial arbiter of whether or not a given
> >> implementation is spec compliant?
> >
> > Sure, that's a good idea but who's to say our implementation will be any
> > better than any other? Bakeoffs tend to work well too.
>
> In the absence of an official compatibility test, what must an
> implementor do in order to be sure his implementation is spec
> compliant?
>

Don't get me wrong - testing is important, just not today while we're trying
to get a[n overdue] draft out the door. Correct functioning against a
reference implementation would be a good start.


> I'm not familiar with how a bakeoff works - can you please explain?
>

We put implementors in a [virtual] room together and point their work at
each other, seeing where the wheels fall off and fixing it (and/or the spec
itself). With any luck we'll be able to do some of this before the spec is
finalised.

Sam
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