diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index 0ff165b3..38386d6b 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -2527,6 +2527,15 @@ Candidate Changes except that it proposes a new feature rather than an error correction. + If there is no group chartered to maintain a [=technical report=], + the [=Team=] may maintain its [=errata=] + and associated [=candidate corrections=]. + When doing so, + it must be explicit that those [=errata=] and [=candidate corrections=] + were written by the [=Team=]. + The [=Team=] must solicit [=wide review=] + on [=candidate corrections=] that it produces. + [=Candidate corrections=] and [=candidate additions=] are collectively known as candidate changes. @@ -2580,7 +2589,6 @@ The W3C Recommendation Track
  • Publication of one or more [=Candidate Recommendations=].
  • Publication of a [=Proposed Recommendation=].
  • Publication as a [=W3C Recommendation=]. -
  • Possibly, publication as an [=Amended Recommendation=].
    @@ -2651,8 +2659,6 @@ Maturity Levels on the Recommendation Track
    A Candidate Recommendation is a document that satisfies the technical requirements of the Working Group that produced it and their dependencies, - or makes substantive corrections - to a [=Recommendation=] that is not maintained by a [=Working Group=], and has already received wide review. W3C publishes a Candidate Recommendation to @@ -2757,17 +2763,6 @@ Maturity Levels on the Recommendation Track As technology evolves, a [=W3C Recommendation=] may become:
    -
    - An Amended Recommendation -
    - An Amended Recommendation is a [=Recommendation=] that is amended to include - substantive changes that do not add new features, - and is produced by W3C - at a time when the [=Recommendation=] does not fit within the charter of any active Working Group. - Since the [=W3C team=] rather than a [=Working Group=] moves it through the Process, - there are implications regarding the scope of Royalty-Free IPR licenses - granted under the W3C Patent Policy [[PATENT-POLICY]]. -
    A Superseded Recommendation
    @@ -3139,10 +3134,7 @@ Transitioning to Candidate Recommendation To publish a [=Candidate Recommendation=], in addition to meeting the requirements for advancement - a [=Working Group=], - or in the case of a candidate [=Amended Recommendation=] - (a document intended to become an [=Amended Recommendation=]), - W3C: + a [=Working Group=]:
    • @@ -3313,8 +3305,7 @@ Transitioning to Proposed Recommendation in the W3C Patent Policy [[!PATENT-POLICY]].
    - A Working Group, - or for a proposed [=Amended Recommendation=], W3C: + A Working Group:
    • @@ -3388,7 +3379,6 @@ Transitioning to Proposed Recommendation
    • Recommendation status, - including [=Amended Recommendation=] (the expected next step).
    • @@ -3440,11 +3430,11 @@ Transitioning to W3C Recommendation
      • - republished as a revised Recommendation or Amended Recommendation, or + republished as a revised Recommendation, or
      • republished as a Candidate Recommendation - to be developed towards a revised [=Recommendation=] or [=Amended Recommendation=], or + to be developed towards a revised [=Recommendation=], or
      • declared superseded or obsolete, or @@ -3461,13 +3451,15 @@ Revising a W3C Recommendation
        Revising a Recommendation: Markup Changes
        - A [=Working group=] may request republication of a [=Recommendation=], - or if there is no [=Working Group=] chartered to maintain a [=Recommendation=] - W3C may republish the [=Recommendation=], + A [=Working group=] may request republication of a [=Recommendation=] to make corrections that do not result in any changes to the text of the specification. (See class 1 changes.) + If there is no [=Working Group=] chartered to maintain a [=Recommendation=], + the [=Team=] may republish the [=Recommendation=] + with such changes incorporated. +
        Revising a Recommendation: Editorial Changes
        @@ -3475,10 +3467,14 @@ Revising a Recommendation: Editorial Changes A [=Working Group=], provided there are no votes against the resolution to publish, may request publication of a [=Recommendation=] - or W3C may publish a [=Recommendation=] to make this class of change without passing through earlier maturity levels. (See class 2 changes.) + If there is no [=Working Group=] chartered to maintain a [=Recommendation=], + the [=Team=] may republish the [=Recommendation=] + with such changes incorporated, + including [=errata=] and [=candidate corrections=]. +
        Revising a Recommendation: Substantive Changes
        @@ -3496,13 +3492,15 @@ Revising a Recommendation: Substantive Changes Alternatively, a [=Working Group=] may incorporate the changes and publish as a Candidate Recommendation, - or if no [=Working Group=] is chartered to maintain a [=Recommendation=] - W3C may publish a candidate Amended Recommendation, and advance the specification from that state. - If the publication was requested by the [=W3C team=] in the absence of a [=Working Group=], - the resulting [=Recommendation=] will be called an [=Amended Recommendation=]. (See class 3 changes.) + Note: If there is no [=Working Group=] chartered to maintain a [=Recommendation=] + the [=Team=] cannot make substantive changes and republish the [=Recommendation=]. + It can, however, informatively highlight problems and desirable changes + using [=errata=] and [=candidate corrections=] + and republish as described in [[#revised-rec-editorial|the previous section]]. +
        Revising a Recommendation: New Features