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+<h1>Editor's draft proposed new W3C Process Document</h1>
+<h2>1 <a name="Intro" id="Intro">Introduction</a></h2>
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+<p>Most W3C work revolves around the standardization of Web technologies. To
+accomplish this work, W3C follows processes that promote the development of
+high-quality standards based on the <a href=
+"policies.html#Consensus">consensus</a> of the Membership, Team, and public.
+W3C processes promote fairness, responsiveness, and progress: all facets of the
+W3C mission. This document describes the processes W3C follows in pursuit of
+its mission.</p>
+<p>Here is a general overview of how W3C standardizes a Web technology. In many
+cases, the goal of this work is a <a href="tr.html#RecsW3C">W3C
+Recommendation</a>, the W3C equivalent of a Web standard.</p>
+<ol>
+<li>People generate interest in a particular topic (e.g., Web services). For
+instance, Members express interest in the form of <a href=
+"submission.html#Submission">Member Submissions</a>, and the <a href=
+"organization.html#Team">Team</a> monitors work inside and outside of W3C for
+signs of interest. Also, W3C is likely to organize a <a href=
+"events.html#GAEvents">Workshop</a> to bring people together to discuss topics
+that interest the W3C community. This was the case, for example, with Web
+services.</li>
+<li>When there is enough interest in a topic (e.g., after a successful Workshop
+and/or discussion on an <a href="organization.html#ACCommunication">Advisory
+Committee mailing list</a>), the Director announces the <a href=
+"activities.html#ActivityDevelopment">development of a proposal for a new
+Activity</a> or <a href="groups.html#WGCharterDevelopment">Working Group
+charter</a>, depending on the breadth of the topic of interest. An <a href=
+"activities.html#ActivityProposal">Activity Proposal</a> describes the scope,
+duration, and other characteristics of the intended work, and includes the
+charters of one or more <a href="groups.html#GAGeneral">Working Groups,
+Interest Groups, and possibly Coordination Groups</a> to carry out the work.
+W3C Members <a href="activities.html#ActivityCreation">review each Activity
+Proposal</a> and the associated Working Group charters. When there is support
+within W3C for investing resources in the topic of interest, the Director
+approves the new Activity and groups get down to work. For the Web Services
+Activity, the initial Activity Proposal called for one Working Group to work on
+Web Services Architecture and one to work on a language for Web Services
+Description. The Activity Proposal also incorporated an existing Working Group
+(from another Activity) working on XML Protocols.</li>
+<li>There are three types of Working Group participants: <a href=
+"policies.html#member-rep">Member representatives</a>, <a href=
+"groups.html#invited-expert-wg">Invited Experts</a>, and <a href=
+"organization.html#Team">Team representatives</a>. Team representatives both
+contribute to the technical work and help ensure the group's proper integration
+with the rest of W3C. The <a href="groups.html#WGCharter">Working Group
+charter</a> sets expectations about each group's deliverables (e.g., <a href=
+"tr.html#Reports">technical reports</a>, test suites, and tutorials).</li>
+<li>Working Groups generally create specifications and guidelines that undergo
+cycles of revision and review as they <a href="tr.html#rec-advance">advance to
+W3C Recommendation</a> status. The W3C process for producing these technical
+reports includes significant review by the Members and public, and requirements
+that the Working Group be able to show implementation and interoperability
+experience. At the end of the process, the Advisory Committee reviews the
+mature technical report, and if there is support, W3C publishes it as a
+<a href="tr.html#RecsW3C">Recommendation</a>.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>The Process Document promotes the goals of quality and fairness in technical
+decisions by encouraging <a href="policies.html#Consensus">consensus</a>,
+requiring reviews (by both Members and public) as part of the <a href=
+"#Recs">technical report development process</a>, and through an <a href=
+"acreview.html#ACAppeal">appeal process</a> for the Advisory Committee.</p>
+<p>The other sections of the Process Document:</p>
+<ol>
+<li>set forth <a href="policies.html#Policies">policies</a> for participation
+in W3C groups,</li>
+<li>establish two permanent groups within W3C: the <a href=
+"organization.html#TAG">Technical Architecture Group (TAG)</a>, to help resolve
+Consortium-wide technical issues; and the <a href=
+"organization.html#AB">Advisory Board (AB)</a>, to help resolve Consortium-wide
+non-technical issues, and to manage the <a href=
+"processdoc.html#GAProcess">evolution of the W3C process</a>, and</li>
+<li>describe other interactions between the <a href=
+"organization.html#Members">Members</a> (as represented by the <a href=
+"organization.html#AC">W3C Advisory Committee</a>), the Team, and the general
+public.</li>
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