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Rename "maturity level" into "maturity stage"
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[=Advisory Committee representatives=] <em class="rfc2119">may</em> initiate
an <dfn export lt="Advisory Committee Appeal|AC Appeal| Appeal">Advisory Committee Appeal</dfn>.
These [=W3C decisions=] include those related to group creation and modification,
and transitions to new maturity levels for Recommendation Track documents
and transitions to new maturity stages for Recommendation Track documents
and the Process document.

[=Advisory Committee representatives=] <em class="rfc2119">may</em> also initiate an appeal
for certain decisions that do not involve an [=Advisory Committee review=].
These cases are identified in the sections
which describe the requirements for the decision
and include
additional (non-reviewed) maturity levels of Recommendation Track documents,
additional (non-reviewed) maturity stages of Recommendation Track documents,
group [=charter extensions=] and closures,
and [=Memoranda of Understanding=].

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at their original address in their original form.

Every document published as part of the technical report development process
<em class="rfc2119 old">must</em> clearly indicate its <a href="#maturity-levels">maturity level</a>,
<em class="rfc2119 old">must</em> clearly indicate its <a href="#maturity-stages">maturity stage</a>,
and <em id="DocumentStatus" class="rfc2119">must</em> include information about the status of the document.
This status information:

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[=Candidate corrections=] and [=candidate additions=] are collectively known as
<dfn lt="candidate amendment">candidate amendments</dfn>.

In addition to their actual [[#maturity-levels|maturity level]],
In addition to their actual [[#maturity-stages|maturity stage]],
[=published=] [=REC Track=] documents with [=candidate amendments=] are also considered,
for the purpose of the W3C Patent Policy [[PATENT-POLICY]],
to be [=Working Drafts=] with those [=candidate amendments=] treated as normative.
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W3C <em class="rfc2119">may</em> <a href="#tr-end">end work on a technical report</a> at any time.

As described in [[#transition-reqs]],
the [=Team=] will decline a request to advance in maturity level
the [=Team=] will decline a request to advance in maturity stage
and return the specification to a [=Working Group=] for further work
if it determines that the requirements for advancement
have not been met.

<h4 id="maturity-levels">
Maturity Levels on the Recommendation Track</h4>
<h4 id="maturity-stages" oldids="maturity-levels">
Maturity Stages on the Recommendation Track</h4>

<dl>
<dt>
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Publication as a [=Candidate Recommendation Snapshot=]
requires verification of either a [=Transition Request=]
(for the first [=Candidate Recommendation=] publication from another maturity level)
(for the first [=Candidate Recommendation=] publication from another maturity stage)
or an [=Update Request=]
(for subsequent [=Candidate Recommendation Snapshots=]).
<dt>
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Advancement on the Recommendation Track</h4>

For <em>all</em> requests to advance a specification
to a new maturity level
to a new maturity stage
(called <dfn id=trans-req export>Transition Requests</dfn>),
the Working Group:

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and <em class="rfc2119">may</em> document the details of such changes.
<li>
<em class="rfc2119">must</em> [=formally address=] all issues
raised about the document since the previous <a href="#maturity-levels">maturity level</a>.
raised about the document since the previous <a href="#maturity-stages">maturity stage</a>.

<li>
<em class="rfc2119">must</em> provide public documentation of any [=Formal Objections=].
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<em class="rfc2119">should</em> provide information about implementations known to the [=Working Group=].
</ul>

For a [=First Public Working Draft=] there is no “previous maturity level”,
For a [=First Public Working Draft=] there is no “previous maturity stage”,
so many requirements do not apply,
and verification is normally fairly straightforward.
For later stages,
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Updating Mature Publications on the Recommendation Track</h4>

Certain requests to re-publish a specification
within its current maturity level
within its current maturity stage
(called <dfn export>Update Requests</dfn>)
require extra verification.
For such [=update requests=], the Working Group:
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A [=Working Group=],
provided there are no votes against the [=group decision|decision=] to publish,
<em class="rfc2119">may</em> request publication of a [=Recommendation=]
to make this class of change without passing through earlier maturity levels.
to make this class of change without passing through earlier maturity stages.
(See <a href="#correction-classes">class 2 changes</a>.)

If there is no [=Working Group=] chartered to maintain a [=Recommendation=],
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<h4 id=rec-track-regression>
Regression on the Recommendation Track</h4>

A [=Working Group=] may republish a [=Recommendation-track=] [=technical report=] at a lower <a href="#maturity-levels">maturity level</a>
by fulfilling the requirements to transition to that maturity level,
A [=Working Group=] may republish a [=Recommendation-track=] [=technical report=] at a lower <a href="#maturity-stages">maturity stage</a>
by fulfilling the requirements to transition to that maturity stage,
as described above.

Additionally,
with the approval of the [=TAG=] and the [=AB=]
the [=Team=] <em class="rfc2119">may</em> return
the [=technical report=] to a lower <a href="#maturity-levels">maturity level</a>
the [=technical report=] to a lower <a href="#maturity-stages">maturity stage</a>
in response to [=wide review=] or a [=formal objection=].

<h4 id="tr-end">
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(Changes to these parts are deemed to be [=editorial changes=]).
</ul>

[=Registry Data Reports=] do not have maturity levels in and of themselves;
The maturity level of the [=registry=] whose [=registry data|data=] they record
[=Registry Data Reports=] do not have maturity stages in and of themselves;
The maturity stage of the [=registry=] whose [=registry data|data=] they record
is that of the [=technical report=] holding the [=registry definition=].

Anytime a change is made to a [=registry definition=],
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</ul>

[=Technical reports=] that switch tracks start at
their new track’s initial maturity level,
their new track’s initial maturity stage,
while retaining any established identity (url, shortname, etc.).

<h3 id="further-reading">
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