citing IVOA standards

[Andy at ROE]

Norman

well said, exactly so. But in addition, as well as who makes the  
recommendation, the crucial thing is who uses it.  This is a positive  
feedback loop. As more folk use the "recommendations" of Body X, so  
the utterances of Body X gain force. In this way the IVOA does not yet  
have W3C authority, but we are working towards it. The key stage we  
are at is gaining momentum with deployments.

    andy lawrence


On 23 Jun 2008, at 11:53, Norman Gray wrote:

>
> 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
>
>
> -- 
> Norman Gray  :  http://nxg.me.uk
> Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester
>