On Sun, 13 Oct 1996, Carl Lagoze wrote:
> A number of us have strong feelings about which oneof these requirements
> the DC should fulfill. Rather than get up on a soap-box here and campaign
> for my favorite (hint, hint #1), I propose that we delay the discussions
> [...]
> and come to consensus of what we are trying to do here. Then, when we
> start making specific suggestions we can review them in the light of our
> stated requirement.
OK, so is it worthwhile having a formal requirements document? At first
glance "yes" might be the obvious answer but then we might not want to go
down the road of spending a couple of years coming up with requirements
and divorcing requirements from implementation issues a la the IETF URN
efforts.
Tatty bye,
Jim'll
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Jon "Jim'll" Knight, Researcher, Sysop and General Dogsbody, Dept. Computer
Studies, Loughborough University of Technology, Leics., ENGLAND. LE11 3TU.
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