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<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>This document is developed by the Advisory Board's Process Task Force (which anyone may join) working within the <a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/">Revising
- W3C Process Community Group</a>. This is the 23 April 2015 Editor's draft for the proposed next version of the W3C Process Document.
- This document is based on the 3 March review draft which was proposed to the Advisory Committee as a "last call" for an update to the
- 1 August 2014 Process.</p>
+ W3C Process Community Group</a>. This is the 10 July 2016 Editor's draft for the proposed next version of the W3C Process Document.
+ This document is based on the 1 September 2015 Process.</p>
<p>This draft is expected to be proposed to the Advisory Committee for a formal AC review on whether to adopt this as the new operative
Process document. Further revision to the Process is expected as needed.</p>
- <p>Sections have been renumbered, with the most notable change from the current Operative version being that section numbers 5 and above
- in this draft correspond to section numbers higher by 1 in the August 2014 Process.</p>
- <p>In <em>this draft</em> <a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/152">ISSUE-152</a> has been resolved, by
- allowing a Working Group to propose editorial corrections directly as a Proposed Recommendation. A <a href="#changes">change history</a>
- (compared to the 2014 Process Document) forms part of this draft.</p>
+ <p>A <a href="#changes">change history</a>
+ (compared to the current 1 September 2015 Process Document) forms part of this draft.</p>
<p>Comment is invited on the draft. Please send comments to <a href="mailto:public-w3process@w3.org">public-w3process@w3.org</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>
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<h2 class="notoc" id="pp">Relation of Process Document to Patent Policy</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
Agreement</a> [<a href="#ref-member-agreement">PUB6</a>]. The Patent Policy <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy">W3C
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<p>The terms <em class="rfc2119">must</em>, <em class="rfc2119">must not</em>, <em class="rfc2119">should</em>, <em class="rfc2119">should
not</em>, <em class="rfc2119">required</em>, and <em class="rfc2119">may</em> are used in accordance with <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt">RFC
2119</a> [<a href="#ref-RFC2119">RFC2119</a>]. The term <dfn><em class="rfc2119">not required</em></dfn> is equivalent to the term
- <em class="rfc2119">may</em> as defined in RFC 2119. </p>
+ <em class="rfc2119">may</em> as defined in [<a href="#ref-RFC2119">RFC2119</a>].</p>
<p>Some terms have been capitalized in this document (and in other W3C materials) to indicate that they are entities with special
relevance to the W3C Process. These terms are defined herein, and readers should be aware that the ordinary (English) definitions are
incomplete for purposes of understanding this document.</p>
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<h2 id="acks">13 Acknowledgments</h2>
- <p>The following individuals have contributed to this proposal for a revised Process: J Alan Bird (W3C), Wayne Carr (Intel),
- Tantek Çelik (Mozilla), Michael Champion (W3C), Geoffrey Creighton (Microsoft), Virginie Galindo (Gemalto),
- Daniel Glazman (Disruptive Innovations), Michael Geldblum (), Jeff Jaffe (W3C), Wendy Seltzer (W3C),
- David Singer (Apple),
- Léonie Watson (The Paciello Group), Chris Wilson (Google), Helene Workman (Apple), Judy Zhu 茱滴 (Alibaba), Steve Zilles (Adobe).</p>
+ <p>The following individuals have contributed to this proposal for a revised Process: Daniel Appelquist,
+ David Baron (Mozilla), J Alan Bird (W3C), Carine Bournez (W3C), Wayne Carr (Intel),
+ Tantek Çelik (Mozilla), Michael Champion (W3C), Maria Courtemanche (IBM), Donald Deutsch (Oracle),
+ Geoffrey Creighton (Microsoft),
+ Kevin Fleming (Bloomberg), Virginia Fournier (Apple), Virginie Galindo (Gemalto),
+ Daniel Glazman (Disruptive Innovations), Michael Geldblum (), Jeff Jaffe (W3C), Jay Junichi Kishigami (NTT),
+ Peter Patel-Schneider, Scott Peterson (Google), Delfí Ramírez, Florian Rivoal, Wendy Seltzer (W3C),
+ David Singer (Apple), Geoffrey Snedden, Josh Soref,
+ Léonie Watson (The Paciello Group), Ben Wilson, Chris Wilson (Google), Rigo Wenning (W3C), Helene Workman (Apple),
+ Judy Zhu 茱滴 (Alibaba), Steve Zilles (Adobe).</p>
- <p>The following individuals contributed to the development of earlier versions of the Process: Jean-François Abramatic (IBM, and
- previously ILOG and W3C), Dan Appelquist (Telefonica), Art Barstow (Nokia, unaffiliated), Ann Bassetti (The Boeing Company), Jim Bell (HP), Robin
- Berjon (W3C), Tim Berners-Lee (W3C), Klaus Birkenbihl (Fraunhofer Gesellschaft), Judy Brewer (W3C), Don Brutzman (Web3D), Carl Cargill (Netscape, Sun
- Microsystems), Wayne Carr (Intel), Marcos Cáceres (Mozilla), Michael Champion (Microsoft), Paul Cotton (Microsoft), Mark Crawford
- (SAP), Tantek Çelik (Mozilla), Don Deutsch (Oracle), Karl Dubost (Mozilla), David Fallside (IBM), Fantasai (Mozilla), Wendy Fong (Hewlett-Packard),
- Virginie Galindo (Gemalto), Daniel Glazman (Disruptive Innovations), Paul Grosso (Arbortext), Eduardo Gutentag (Sun Microsystems),
- Joe Hall (CDT), Ivan Herman (W3C), Ian Hickson (Google), Brad Hill (Facebook), Steve Holbrook (IBM), Renato Iannella (IPR Systems), Ian Jacobs (W3C), Jeff
- Jaffe (W3C), Cullen Jennings (Cisco), Brain Kardell (JQuery), Sally Khudairi (W3C), John Klensin (MCI), Tim Krauskopf (Spyglass), Kari Laihonen (Ericsson),
- Ken Laskey (MITRE), Ora Lassila (Nokia), Håkon Wium Lie (Opera Software), Chris Lilley (W3C), Peter Linss (HP), Bede McCall (MITRE), Giri Mandyam
- (Qualcomm), Larry Masinter (Adobe Systems), Nigel Megitt (BBC), Olle Olsson (SICS), Qiuling Pan (Huawei), TV Raman (Google), Thomas Reardon (Microsoft), Claus von Riegen
- (SAP AG), Natasha Rooney (GSMA), Sam Ruby (IBM), David Singer (Apple), David Singer (IBM), Henri Sivonen (Mozilla), Josh Soref (BlackBerry), Ralph Swick (W3C), Anne van Kesteren, Jean-Charles Verdié (MStar), Mike West
- (Google), Chris Wilson
- (Google), Lauren Wood (unaffiliated), and Steve Zilles (Adobe Systems).</p>
+ <p>The following individuals contributed to the development of earlier versions of the Process:
+ Jean-François Abramatic (IBM, and previously ILOG and W3C), Dan Appelquist (Telefonica), Art Barstow (Nokia, unaffiliated),
+ Ann Bassetti (The Boeing Company), Jim Bell (HP), Robin Berjon (W3C), Tim Berners-Lee (W3C),
+ Klaus Birkenbihl (Fraunhofer Gesellschaft), Judy Brewer (W3C), Don Brutzman (Web3D),
+ Carl Cargill (Netscape, Sun Microsystems), Wayne Carr (Intel), Marcos Cáceres (Mozilla), Michael Champion (Microsoft),
+ Paul Cotton (Microsoft), Mark Crawford (SAP), Tantek Çelik (Mozilla), Don Deutsch (Oracle), Karl Dubost (Mozilla),
+ David Fallside (IBM), Fantasai (Mozilla), Wendy Fong (Hewlett-Packard), Virginie Galindo (Gemalto),
+ Daniel Glazman (Disruptive Innovations), Paul Grosso (Arbortext), Eduardo Gutentag (Sun Microsystems), Joe Hall (CDT),
+ Ivan Herman (W3C), Ian Hickson (Google), Brad Hill (Facebook), Steve Holbrook (IBM), Renato Iannella (IPR Systems),
+ Ian Jacobs (W3C), Jeff Jaffe (W3C), Cullen Jennings (Cisco), Brain Kardell (JQuery), Sally Khudairi (W3C),
+ John Klensin (MCI), Tim Krauskopf (Spyglass), Kari Laihonen (Ericsson), Ken Laskey (MITRE), Ora Lassila (Nokia),
+ Håkon Wium Lie (Opera Software), Chris Lilley (W3C), Peter Linss (HP), Bede McCall (MITRE), Giri Mandyam (Qualcomm),
+ Larry Masinter (Adobe Systems), Nigel Megitt (BBC), Olle Olsson (SICS), Qiuling Pan (Huawei), TV Raman (Google),
+ Thomas Reardon (Microsoft), Claus von Riegen (SAP AG), Natasha Rooney (GSMA), Sam Ruby (IBM), David Singer (Apple),
+ David Singer (IBM), Henri Sivonen (Mozilla), Josh Soref (BlackBerry), Ralph Swick (W3C), Anne van Kesteren,
+ Jean-Charles Verdié (MStar), Mike West (Google), Chris Wilson (Google), Lauren Wood (unaffiliated),
+ and Steve Zilles (Adobe Systems).</p>
<h2 id="changes">14 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>This document is based on 1 September 2015 Process. <a href="https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/">Detailed change logs</a> are available.</p>
<p>The notable changes include:</p>
<h3>Current draft</h3>
<ul>
- <li>A working group can propose non-substantive editorial corrections directly as a Proposed Recommendation (<a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/152">ISSUE-152</a>)</li>
- <li>Sections above 5 have been renumbered (reduced by one since chapter 5 was removed)</li>
- <li>More explicit mention of W3C Horizontal Groups has been made in regards to wide review and dependencies</li>
- <li>Various minimal editorial cleanups</li>
- </ul>
- <h3>3 March "AC last call" draft</h3>
- <ul>
- <li>The default channel for <a href="#ACReview">AC review</a> has been removed in favor of a requirement for each review to specify
- a default (<a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/154">ISSUE-154</a>)</li>
- <li>A procedure for <a href="#resignation">resignation</a> from Working and Interest Groups has been provided (<a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/151">ISSUE-151</a>)</li>
- <li>Editorial cleanups to <a href="#wide-review">7.2.3.1 Wide Review</a></li>
- <li>Editorial Changes to <a href="#errata">7.7.1 Errata Management</a> - <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/141">ISSUE-141</a></li>
- <li>Remove <a id="GCGCreation" name="CGCreation"></a><a id="GroupsCG" name="GroupsCG"></a> <a id="CGParticipation" name="CGParticipation"></a><a
- id="cgparticipant" name="cgparticipant"></a> <a id="CGCharter" name="CGCharter"></a>Coordination groups - <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/129">ISSUE-129</a></li>
- <li>Remove vestigial traces of Good Standing throughout</li>
- <li>Loosen constraints on multiple employees of a single member being on TAG - <a href="#AB-TAG-constraints">section 2.5.1</a></li>
- <li>Replace "W3C Chair" with "CEO" throughout</li>
- <li>Editorial tweaks to what is requested in <a href="file:///Users/chaals/Documents/w3c/AB/cover.html#wide-review">7.2.3.1 Wide
- Review</a></li>
- <li>Remove section <span id="three-month-rule">6.2.7 "Heartbeat" publishing requirement, redundant with the first requirement of <a
- href="#revised-wd">section 7.3.2</a><br>
- </span></li>
- </ul>
- <h3><a href="https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/AB/raw-file/622235dd5cba/cover.html">30 September "AC intermediate review" draft</a></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="ActivityProposal">Activities</a> from the Process (as resolved multiple times since 2007)</li>
- <li>Remove <a id="good-standing">6.2.1.7</a> Good Standing in a Working Group</li>
+ <li>Added a process to make a Recommendation Obsolete.</li>
+ <li>Clarified the process to rescind a Recommendation, aligning with with obsoleting a Recommendation.</li>
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