Removing the "review of corrections" as a way to make normative changes. A normative change requires publishing an Edited Recommendation. ISSUE-41
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see the Team's <a href="http://www.w3.org/Guide/pubrules">Publication
Rules</a>.</p>
<p>A correction is first "proposed" by the Working Group. A correction
- becomes normative -- of equal status as the text in the published
- Recommendation -- through one of the processes described below. An errata
- page <span class="rfc2119">MAY</span> include both proposed and normative
- corrections. The Working Group <span class="rfc2119">MUST</span> clearly
- identify which corrections are proposed and which are normative.</p>
+ becomes normative by the process described below.</p>
<p>A Working Group <span class="rfc2119">SHOULD</span> keep their errata
pages up-to-date, as errors are reported by readers and implementers. A
Working Group <span class="rfc2119">MUST</span> report errata page
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incorporated.</li>
</ol>
<p>For the third class of change, the Working Group <span class="rfc2119">MUST</span>
- either:</p>
- <ol>
- <li>Request that the Director issue a <a href="#cfr-edited">Call for
- Review of an Edited Recommendation</a>, or</li>
- <li>Issue a <a href="#cfr-corrections">Call for Review of Proposed
- Corrections</a> that have not been incorporated into an edited draft
- (e.g., those listed on an errata page). After this review, the Director
- <span class="rfc2119">MAY</span> announce that the proposed corrections
- are normative.</li>
- </ol>
- <p>While the second approach is designed so that a Working Group can
- establish normative corrections quickly, it does not obviate the need to
- incorporate changes into an edited version of the Recommendation. In
- particular, when corrections are numerous or complex, integrating them
- into a single document is important for interoperability; readers might
- otherwise interpret the corrections differently.</p>
+ request that the Director issue a <a href="#cfr-edited">Call for Review
+ of an Edited Recommendation</a>.</p>
<p>For the fourth class of change (new features), W3C <span class="rfc2119">MUST</span>
follow the full process of <a href="#rec-advance">advancing a technical
report to Recommendation</a>.</p>