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11 Conformance

11.3 Conforming HyTime system

Subclauses:


If a HyTime system meets the requirements of this sub-clause and is a conforming SGML system as defined in ISO 8879, it is a conforming HyTime system.

NOTE 366 Whether a system is a conforming HyTime system is not affected by whether it is also a conforming implementation of a document architecture.

11.3.1 Conformance of documentation

A conforming HyTime system's documentation shall meet the requirements of this International Standard (see 11.5 Documentation requirements).

11.3.2 Conformance to HyTime system declaration

A conforming HyTime system shall be capable of processing any conforming HyTime document that is not inconsistent with the system's HyTime system declaration (see 11.6 HyTime system declaration). A conforming HyTime system shall report every unsupported HyTime facility used in any HyTime document it processes.

NOTE 367 Depending on the application, the designer should consider issuing a warning to the effect that because the required facility is not supported, the usefulness and reliability of the information may be affected, as well as the ability of the system to protect of the rights, safety, and other interests of information asset owners and users as expressed through the use of HyTime facilities.

NOTE 368 A system's inability to process data content notations that are not defined in this International Standard does not affect whether it is a conforming HyTime system.

11.3.3 Support for minimal HyTime documents

A conforming HyTime system shall be capable of processing a minimal HyTime document.

11.3.4 Application conventions

A conforming HyTime system shall not enforce application conventions as though they were requirements of this International Standard.

NOTE 369 Warnings of the violation of application conventions can be given, but they must be distinguished from reports of HyTime errors.

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