Re: No barrier (was Re: Public review schedule for the draft data usage vocabulary?)

Phil,

Thank you for this very helpful and thorough explanation and thank you in
advance for your review time this week!

Eric

On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 1:03 AM, Phil Archer <phila@w3.org> wrote:

> Eric, everyone,
>
> Let me clarify the situation if I can.
>
> There is no formal requirement that a WG freezes a document and then has a
> week to review before it is published. A document could be edited during a
> call and the WG could vote there and then to publish.
>
> The requirement is simply that there is consensus within the group that a
> document should be formally published.
>
> To achieve that, the WG should be aware that a publication is imminent and
> the chairs should signal when a vote to publish is likely to take place. As
> you know, agendas are always published at least 24 hours ahead of a WG
> meeting and, if a resolution is expected on publication, that will be in
> the agenda.
>
> The current situation in the WG is that editors have been making enormous
> efforts to get documents ready for publication. Everyone in the WG is aware
> of this (and grateful to those editors!).
>
> Therefore, if the chairs so decide, there is nothing to prevent a proposal
> to publish any or all of the three documents being put on the coming week's
> agenda.
>
> I fully understand your concern, Eric, and yes, I have pushed the week to
> review idea throughout the WG's existence, but I hope this gives the
> broader perspective. Yes, W3C is a stickler for process - we know - but
> we're well within it here.
>
> I can't be on this Friday's call but will have reviewed all three docs by
> then and will raise any concerns by mail. The following week, i.e. the
> first week of June, I am travel-free and, speaking personally, it would be
> an ideal week for me to support the editors in getting documents ready for
> publication on Thursday 4th June.
>
> Phil.
>
>
>
>
> On 22/05/2015 21:29, Eric Stephan wrote:
>
>> I know our meetings are jam packed each week and not everything can be
>> discussed,  but I am concerned that because we did not have a chance to
>> formally ask the working group during the meeting time to review our
>> vocabulary that our schedule will slip.
>>
>> In other words, does it take a formal proposal to the working group to
>> start the review clock (I believe Phil mentioned it was a two week
>> window)?
>>
>> If it does take a proposal, can we expedite the process by having a
>>   proposal and vote in email to avoid slipping by another week?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Eric S
>>
>>
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> Phil Archer
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