citing IVOA standards

[Norman Gray]

Petr and others, hello.

On 2008 Jun 19, at 19:52, Petr Kubánek wrote:

> Not
> having standards, but only recommendations, is in my point of view a
> think which distract attention of end users (programmers) to IVOA
> efforts.

I don't think there's a real difference.  All a Standard is, is a  
recommendation that gains social force because of who or what is  
making the recommendation.

W3C publishes only Recommendations, and the IETF is even more  
diffident, with only Requests For Comment.

Best wishes,

Norman


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