Editor's draft proposed new W3C Process Document
The W3C Process Document undergoes
similar consensus-building processes as technical reports, with the Advisory Board acting as the sponsoring Working
Group.
The Advisory Board initiates review of a Process Document as follows:
- The Team sends a Call for Review to the Advisory Committee and other W3C
groups.
- After comments have been formally
addressed and the document possibly modified, the Team seeks endorsement
from the Members by initiating an Advisory
Committee review of a Proposed Process Document. The review period
MUST last at least four weeks.
- After the Advisory Committee
review, if there is consensus, the Team enacts the new process officially
by announcing the W3C decision to
the Advisory Committee. If there was dissent, Advisory Committee representatives
MAY appeal
the decision.
W3C MAY also modify a Process Document by
following the processes for modifying a
Recommendation.
Reviews of the Process Document are not public reviews.