Changed the introductory paragraph on goals, with text proposed by Steve Zilles, for ISSUE-11
authorcharles
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Changed the introductory paragraph on goals, with text proposed by Steve Zilles, for ISSUE-11
https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/11
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             process for such changes</a>.</p>
        <p>I am grateful to the W3C Advisory Board, the W3C Process Community
          Group, Art Barstow, Robin Berjon, Wayne Carr, Marcos Cáceres, Tantek
          Çelik, Ian Hickson, Ian Jacobs, Ralph Swick, Anne van Kesteren, and
          many people I have forgotten to acknowledge for suggestions, comments
          and discussions the helped me sort out my thinking, and to Ora Lassila
          for the image that illustrates the normal process 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
          tracked 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:
        <ul>
          <li>Last Call and Candidate Recommendation have been collapsed
            together. Some of the requirements are therefore enforced earlier in
            the process.</li>
          <li>Proposed Recommendation is no longer a separate step. Advisory
            Committee review now begins at the same time as Last Call Candidate
            recommendation, and ends 4 weeks after the Working group has
            provisional approval for a Request to publish as a W3C
            Recommendation.</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 chapter is about half the size it was. </li>
          <li>And it is in HTML5</li>
        </ul>
        <p>Editorially, I have tried to rationalize requirements, and clarify
          who is responsible for meeting them. I have also actively removed
          advice and general statements to keep this version short.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
    <h2>7 <a name="Reports" id="Reports">W3C Technical Report Development
        Process</a></h2>
    <p>The W3C technical report development process is the set of steps and
      requirements followed by W3C <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/groups#GroupsWG">Working
-        Groups</a> to standardize Web technology. The W3C technical report
      development process is designed to maximize <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies.html#def-consensus"
        rel="glossary"
        title="Definition of Consensus"><span
          class="dfn-instance">consensus</span></a>
      about the content of a technical report, to ensure high technical and
      editorial quality, to promote consistency among specifications, and to
      earn endorsement by W3C and the broader community. See also the licensing
      goals for W3C Recommendations in <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy#sec-Licensing">section
+        Groups</a> to standardize Web technology. The W3C technical report
      development process is designed to </p>
    <ul>
      <li>support multiple specification development methodologies</li>
      <li>maximize <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies.html#def-consensus"
          rel="glossary"
          title="Definition of Consensus"><span
            class="dfn-instance">consensus</span></a>
        about the content of stable technical reports</li>
      <li>ensure high technical and editorial quality</li>
      <li>promote consistency among specifications</li>
      <li>facilitate royalty-free, interoperable implementations of them, and</li>
      <li>earn endorsement by W3C and the broader community. </li>
    </ul>
    <p>See also the licensing goals for W3C Recommendations in <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy#sec-Licensing">section
         2</a> of the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy">W3C
        Patent Policy</a> [<a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/refs.html#ref-patentpolicy">PUB33</a>].
       </p>
    <p>
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    <h3>Table of Contents</h3>
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      <li><a href="#mozTocId357269">General requirements for Technical Reports</a></li>
      <li><a href="#mozTocId185794">7.1 Maturity Levels</a></li>
      <li><a href="#mozTocId310665">7.2 General Requirements for Advancement on
          the Recommendation Track</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#mozTocId303350">7.2.1 (from 7.6.2) Changes to a
              Specification</a></li>
          <li><a href="#mozTocId828599">7.2.2 Wide Review</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="#mozTocId89649">7.3 Reviews and Review Responsibilities</a></li>
      <li><a href="#mozTocId510412">7.4 Advancing a Technical Report to
          Recommendation</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#mozTocId403357">7.4.1.a First Public Working Draft</a></li>
          <li><a href="#mozTocId918390">7.4.1.b "Heartbeat" Working Draft</a></li>
          <li><a href="#mozTocId200837">7.4.2 Last Call Candidate Recommendation</a></li>
          <li><a href="#mozTocId840424">7.4.5 Publication of a W3C
              Recommendation</a>
            <ul>
              <li><a href="#mozTocId978114">Publishing a Last Call Candidate
                  Recommendation as a W3C Recommendation</a></li>
              <li><a href="#mozTocId128164">Publishing an Edited Recommendation
                  (See also Modifying a Recommendation below)</a></li>
              <li><a href="#mozTocId889945">For all W3C Recommendations</a></li>
            </ul>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="#mozTocId763911">7.5 Publishing a Working Group or Interest
          Group Note</a></li>
      <li><a href="#mozTocId924165">7.6 Modifying a W3C Recommendation</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#mozTocId436763">7.6.1 Errata Management</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="#mozTocId203654">7.7 Rescinding a W3C Recommendation</a></li>
      <li><a href="#mozTocId957988">Good practices</a></li>
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    <h3>General requirements for Technical Reports</h3>
    <p>Every document published as part of the technical report development
      process <em class="rfc2119 old">must</em> be a public document. The <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/">index
         of W3C technical reports</a> [<a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/refs.html#ref-doc-list">PUB11</a>]
      is available at the W3C Web site. W3C will make every effort to make
      archival documents indefinitely available at their original address in
      their original form.</p>
    <p>Every document published as part of the technical report development
      process <em class="rfc2119 old">must</em> <span class="from">(was in
        7.8)</span> clearly indicate its <a href="#maturity-levels">maturity
        level</a>, and <em id="DocumentStatus" class="rfc2119">must</em> <span
        class="from">(was