Re: [tap] Bikeshed: TAP document vs. TAP stream

Ovid <publiustemp-tapx@yahoo.com> Tue, 02 March 2010 15:56 UTC

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From: Ovid <publiustemp-tapx@yahoo.com>
To: The TAP Crowd <tap@ietf.org>, Salve J Nilsen <sjn@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: [tap] Bikeshed: TAP document vs. TAP stream
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--- On Tue, 2/3/10, Salve J Nilsen <sjn@pvv.org> wrote:

> From: Salve J Nilsen <sjn@pvv.org>

> "Document" gives 110-ish hits and "stream" about 370 hits.
> Should we try to standardize on "stream" in the TAP spec?

It should say "stream".  One problem with many XML test formats is that you must have the entire document to analyze results.  This is not needed for a TAP stream.

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Ovid
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