<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:58 AM, Gervase Markham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gerv@mozilla.org" target="_blank">gerv@mozilla.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-">On 28/03/17 15:35, Ryan Sleevi wrote:<br>
> I think "Audit periods are required to be continuous in coverage from<br>
> audit to audit, and of maximum length 1 year." ends up getting into<br>
> normatively specifying, rather than simply defining, and thus may be<br>
> appropriate to remove from the definition, and let Section 8.1 define<br>
> what an _acceptable_ audit period is<br>
><br>
> Does that work for you?<br>
<br>
</span>Well, it's repeating stuff normatively defined elsewhere. I guess I<br>
wanted to include it because it helps make it clear what we are talking<br>
about.<br>
<br>
Could we go with something like:<br>
<span class="gmail-"><br>
"Audit periods are required to be continuous in coverage from audit to<br>
</span>audit (as specified in section X.X), and of maximum length 1 year (as<br>
specified in section Y.Y)."<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I'm still a little nervous about that approach within a "definition". I suppose it's a philosophical question - whether it's a necessary and sufficient condition to enumerate that in the definition, or whether it's suitable to let the restrictions on that definition be defined elsewhere.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I realize it's repeating stuff normatively being defined elsewhere. However, by introducing it, we run the risk of confusion that any other normatively specified requirements (such as needing to be a qualified auditor) may not apply. If you look through the other definitions, they tend to avoid normatively specifying their constraints on usage normatively specified elsewhere.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I think it should be sufficient to leave "Audit Period" as reflecting a Period of Time audit period, and leave the continuous coverage and maximum length to Section 8.1</div></div>