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<div class="head"><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home"
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<h1>W3C Draft Process Document</h1>
- <h2 class="notoc">30 September 2014 Editor's Draft</h2>
+ <h2 class="notoc">21 Otober 2014 Editor's Draft</h2>
<dl>
<dt>Latest Editor's version:</dt>
<dd> <a href="https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/raw-file/default/cover.html">https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/raw-file/default/cover.html</a></dd>
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<p>For more information about the W3C mission and the history of W3C, please
refer to <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/">About W3C</a> [<a href="#ref-mission">PUB15</a>].</p>
<h2 class="notoc"><a id="status">Status of this Document</a></h2>
- <p>This is the 30 September 2014 Editor's draft for the proposed next
- version of the W3C Process Document. This document is based on the 1
- August 2014 Process, developed between the <a href="/2002/ab/">W3C
- Advisory Board</a> and the <a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/">Revising
- W3C Process Community Group</a> and adopted as the currently operative
- Process. During the rest of 2014 the document will be developed in
- preparation for adopting a revised process in 2015.</p>
<p>W3C, including all existing chartered groups, follows the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/">most
recent operative Process Document</a> announced to the Membership.</p>
- <p>In <em>this draft</em>, Chapter 5 (Activities) has been removed, with a
- few requirements maintained in other parts of the process. Section 6.2.1.7
- "Good standing in a working group" has also been removed.</p>
- <p>This draft is offered to the W3C Advisory Comittee for review, as an
- interim Working Draft. Public comment is also invited on the draft.</p>
- <p>Please send comments about this document to the <a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/">Revising
+ <p>This is the 21 October 2014 Editor's draft for the proposed next version
+ of the W3C Process Document. This document is based on 30 September review
+ draft, itself based on the 1 August 2014 Process, developed between the <a
+ href="/2002/ab/">W3C Advisory Board</a> and the <a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/">Revising
+ W3C Process Community Group</a> and adopted as the currently operative
+ Process. </p>
+ <p>In <em>this draft</em>, Section 6.2.7 "Heartbeat" requirement has been
+ removed. A <a href="#changes">change history</a> compared to the 2014
+ Process Document forms part of the draft.</p>
+ <p>During the rest of 2014 the document will be developed in preparation for
+ adopting a revised process in 2015.</p>
+ <p>Public comment is invited on the draft. Please send comments about this
+ document to the <a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/">Revising
W3C Process Community Group</a> (<a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3process/">Mailing
list archive</a>, publicly available) or to process-issues@w3.org (<a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/process-issues">Member-only
archive</a>). A <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/">Public
Issue Tracker</a> and <a href="https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/">detailed
- changelogs</a> are available online.</p>
+ changelogs</a> are available online. </p>
<h2 class="notoc"><a id="pp">Relation of Process Document to Patent Policy</a></h2>
<p>W3C Members' attention is called to the fact that provisions of the
Process Document are binding on Members per the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Agreement/Member-Agreement">Membership
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@
Policies for W3C Groups</a></li>
<li class="tocline2"><a href="#dissemination" class="tocxref">4
Dissemination Policies</a></li>
- <li class="tocline2"><s><a href="#chapterActivities" class="tocxref">5
- Activities</a></s></li>
+ <li class="tocline2"><s>5 Activities</s></li>
<li class="tocline2"><a href="#GAGeneral" class="tocxref">6 Working
Groups, Interest Groups, and Coordination Groups</a></li>
<li class="tocline2"><a href="#Reports" class="tocxref">7 W3C
@@ -258,8 +257,8 @@
Group and Interest Group Charter Extension</a></li>
<li class="tocline4"><a href="#WGCharter">6.2.6 Working Group
and Interest Group Charters</a></li>
- <li class="tocline4"><a href="#three-month-rule">6.2.7 Working
- Group "Heartbeat" Requirement</a></li>
+ <li class="tocline4"><s>6.2.7 Working Group "Heartbeat"
+ Requirement</s></li>
<li class="tocline4"><a href="#GeneralTermination">6.2.8 Working
Group and Interest Group Closure</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -410,11 +409,11 @@
Workshop and/or discussion on an <a href="#ACCommunication">Advisory
Committee mailing list</a>), the Director announces the <a href="#ActivityDevelopment">development
of a proposal for one or more new</a> or Interest Group or <a href="#WGCharterDevelopment">Working
- Group charter</a>, depending on the breadth of the topic of interest.
- W3C Members <a href="#ActivityCreation">review</a> the proposed
- charters. When there is support within W3C for investing resources in
- the topic of interest, the Director approves the group(s) and they
- begin their work.</li>
+ Group charter</a>, depending on the breadth of the topic of
+ interest. W3C Members <a href="#ActivityCreation">review</a> the
+ proposed charters. When there is support within W3C for investing
+ resources in the topic of interest, the Director approves the group(s)
+ and they begin their work.</li>
<li>There are three types of Working Group participants: <a href="#member-rep">Member
representatives</a>, <a href="#invited-expert-wg">Invited Experts</a>,
and <a href="#Team">Team representatives</a>. Team representatives
@@ -1776,48 +1775,6 @@
those of the W3C Process Document (e.g., limits on the number of
individuals in a Working Group who represent the same Member
organization or group of <a href="#MemberRelated">related Members</a>).</p>
- <h4>6.2.7 <a id="three-month-rule">Working Group "Heartbeat"
- Requirement</a></h4>
- <p>It is important that a Working Group keep the Membership and public
- informed of its activity and progress. To this end, each Working Group
- <span class="rfc2119">SHOULD</span> publish in the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/">W3C
- technical reports index</a> a new draft of <em>each active
- technical report</em> at least once every three months. An active
- technical report is a Working Draft, Candidate Recommendation,
- Proposed Recommendation, or Proposed Edited Recommendation. Each
- Working Group <span class="rfc2119">MUST</span> publish a new draft
- of <em>at least one of its active technical reports</em> on the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/">W3C
- technical reports index</a> [<a href="#ref-doc-list">PUB11</a>] at
- least once every three months.</p>
- <p>Public progress reports are also important when a Working Group does
- not update a technical report within three months (for example, when
- the delay is due to a challenging technical issue) or when a Working
- Group has no active technical reports (for example, because it is
- developing a test suite).</p>
- <p>In exceptional cases, the Chair <span class="rfc2119">MAY</span> ask
- the Director to be excused from this publication requirement. However,
- in this case, the Working Group <span class="rfc2119">MUST</span>
- issue a public status report with rationale why a new draft has not
- been published.</p>
- <p>There are several reasons for this Working Group "heartbeat"
- requirement:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>To promote public accountability;</li>
- <li>To encourage Working Groups to keep moving forward, and to
- incorporate their decisions into readable public documents. People
- cannot be expected to read several months of a group's mailing list
- archive to understand where the group stands;</li>
- <li>To notify interested parties of updated work in familiar a place
- such as the W3C home page and index of technical reports.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>As an example, suppose a Working Group has one technical report as a
- deliverable, which it publishes as a Proposed Recommendation. Per the
- heartbeat requirement, the Working Group is required to publish a new
- draft of the Proposed Recommendation at least once every three months,
- even if it is only to revise the status of the Proposed Recommendation
- document (e.g., to provide an update on the status of the decision to
- advance). The heartbeat requirement stops when the document becomes a
- Recommendation (or a Working Group Note).</p>
<h4>6.2.8 <a id="GeneralTermination">Working Group and Interest Group
Closure</a></h4>
<p>A Working Group or Interest Group charter specifies a duration for
@@ -1836,8 +1793,8 @@
<p>Closing a Working Group has implications with respect to the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy">W3C
Patent Policy</a> [<a href="#ref-patentpolicy">PUB33</a>].</p>
<h3>6.3 <a id="GroupsCG">Coordination Groups <span class="issue">
- <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/129">ISSUE-129</a>
- proposes to remove the separate definition of Coordination Groups.</span></a></h3>
+ </span></a><a href="https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/129">ISSUE-129</a>
+ proposes to remove the separate definition of Coordination Groups.</h3>
<p>W3C activities interact in many ways. There are dependencies between
groups within the same area, in different areas, and between W3C
activities and the activities of other organizations. Examples of
@@ -3289,7 +3246,15 @@
<h2 id="changes">15 Changes</h2>
<p>This document is based on 1 August 2014 Process. <a href="https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/">Detailed
change logs</a> are available.</p>
- <p>Notable changes include:</p>
+ <p>The notable changes include:</p>
+ <h3><span style="color: black;">Current Editor's draft</span></h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Remove section <span id="three-month-rule">6.2.7 "Heartbeat"
+ publishing requirement</span></li>
+ </ul>
+ <h3><span style="color: black;">30 September "AC intermediate review"</span></h3>
+ <p>Provided to the Advisory Committee to review the following changes made
+ compared to the 1 August 2014 Operative Process document</p>
<ul>
<li>Remove <a id="def-Activity">A</a><a id="ActivityStatement">c</a><a
id="ActivityDevelopment">t</a><a id="ActivityCreation">i</a><a id="ActivityModification">v</a><a