Editorial tweaking in connection with reinstating PR
authorcharles
Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:12:13 +0400
changeset 75 54a90926f61d
parent 74 ca9d3f3cd36f
child 76 20fb4f012006
Editorial tweaking in connection with reinstating PR
tr.html
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+++ b/tr.html	Tue Feb 04 22:12:13 2014 +0400
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@
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-        <p>This is an intermediate revised draft proposal to replace the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html">current
+        <p>This is a draft proposal to replace the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html">current
             chapter 7 of the W3C process document</a> with a more effective W3C
           Specification life cycle following the meeting of the W3C Advisory
           Board's Chapter 7 Task Force on 3 February 2014. As foreshadowed at
           that meeting and in email to the W3Process Community Group, this draft
           re-establishes a Proposed Recommendation phase, and clarifies the
           requirements for revising a Candidate Recommendation.</p>
-        <p>This introductory session (before the chapter title below) will be
+        <p>This introductory section (before the chapter title below) will be
           removed when this chapter is re-incorporated into the full process
-          document, as per issues 60-64.</p>
+          document.</p>
         <p>An initial version was first proposed to the W3C Advisory Board on 13
           May 2013 as a possible replacement for the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html">current
             chapter 7 of the W3C process document</a>, and a <a href="http://yadi.sk/d/Zikwkr385JG8f">subsequent
@@ -73,22 +73,27 @@
             process for such changes</a>, subject to the resolution of <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/39">ISSUE-39</a>.</p>
         <p>I am grateful to the W3C Advisory Board, the W3C Process Community
           Group, Art Barstow, Robin Berjon, Wayne Carr, Marcos Cáceres, Elika
-          Etimad, Fantasai, Ivan Herman, Ian Hickson, Ian Jacobs, Jeff Jaffe,
-          Chris Lilley, Ralph Swick, Anne van Kesteren, Steve Zilles, and many
-          people I have forgotten to acknowledge for suggestions, comments and
-          discussions that helped me sort out my thinking, and to Ora Lassila
-          for the original version of the image that illustrates the normal
-          progress of a W3C Recommendation-track document. </p>
+          Etimad, Fantasai, Daniel Glazman, Ivan Herman, Ian Hickson, Ian
+          Jacobs, Jeff Jaffe, Chris Lilley, Ralph Swick, Anne van Kesteren,
+          Steve Zilles, and many people I have forgotten to acknowledge for
+          suggestions, comments and discussions that helped me sort out my
+          thinking, and to Ora Lassila for the original version of the image
+          that illustrates the normal progress of a W3C Recommendation-track
+          document. </p>
         <p>Please send comments on this document to, or participate in, the <a
             href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/">W3C Process Community
             Group</a>. Issues related to this proposal are recorded in that
           group's issue tracker using the product "<a href="https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/products/1">Document
             Lifecycle (chapter 7)</a>"</p>
-        Major changes:
+        <h4> Major changes: </h4>
         <ul>
           <li>New requirements that Working groups <em class="rfc2119">should</em>
-            document known implementation and expected next steps for all
-            transitions</li>
+            document known implementation and <span class="rfc2119">must</span>
+            document expected next steps for all publications </li>
+          <li>New requirement that Working groups <em class="rfc2119">should</em>
+            publish abandoned work as a W3C Note</li>
+          <li>Recognition that Interest Groups <span class="rfc2119">may</span>
+            publish W3C Notes</li>
           <li>If W3C closes a Working Group, they <em class="rfc2119">must</em>
             republish its unfinished work as Notes. </li>
           <li>Implementation requirements for passing beyond Candidate
@@ -99,20 +104,18 @@
           <li>Instead of relying on a Last Call publication for adequate review
             there is a requirement for a Working Group to demonstrate "<a href="#wide-review">wide
               review</a>", while leaving them to achieve this as they see fit.</li>
-          <li>Last Call and Candidate Recommendation have been collapsed
-            together. Some of the requirements are therefore enforced earlier in
-            the process.</li>
           <li>There is a stronger emphasis (without creating new formal
             requirements) on getting review and testing implementation as early
             as possible. How to do this is left to Working Groups to determine.</li>
-          <li>Proposed Recommendation is no longer a separate step. (This may be
-            reversed, per <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/84">ISSUE-84</a>)</li>
+          <li>Last Call and Candidate Recommendation have been collapsed
+            together. Some of the requirements are therefore enforced earlier in
+            the process.</li>
           <li>Advisory Committee review now begins at the same time as Candidate
-            recommendation, and ends 4 weeks after the Working group has
-            provisional approval for a Request to publish as a W3C
+            recommendation, and ends 4 weeks after publication as a Proposed
             Recommendation.&nbsp;</li>
-          <li>The Director is required to address AC review comments <strong>publicly</strong>,
-            2 weeks <em>before</em> publication of a Recommendation.</li>
+          <li>The Director is required to address dissenting AC review comments
+            <strong>publicly</strong>, 2 weeks <em>before</em> publication of a
+            Recommendation.</li>
           <li>Errata cannot be made normative except by republishing a
             Recommendation or a Revised Recommendation</li>
           <li>And it is in HTML5</li>