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AB: changeset 128:1c505d130a86
author | charles |
Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:56:18 +0200 | |
changeset 128 | 1c505d130a86 |
parent 127 | a74ebf528a97 |
child 129 | e8092cf40b88 |
Removed 6.2.7 heartbeat: ISSUE-137
Minor reordering of status section
Prepared for publishing today
Minor reordering of status section
Prepared for publishing today
cover.html |
--- a/cover.html Tue Sep 30 19:41:27 2014 +0400 +++ b/cover.html Wed Oct 22 00:56:18 2014 +0200 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ <div class="head"><a href="https://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" height="48" width="72"></a> <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> @@ -61,26 +61,26 @@ <p>For more information about the W3C mission and the history of W3C, please refer to <a href="https://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="https://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="https://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="https://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="https://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="https://www.w3.org/community/w3process/">Revising W3C Process Community Group</a> (<a href="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3process/">Mailing list archive</a>, publicly available) or to process-issues@w3.org (<a href="https://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="https://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="https://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="https://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="https://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