- From: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:52:42 -0500
- To: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
Because of a discussion begun here, but moved to www-archives, procedures are beginning to emerge[1] for how to become an active editor of the HTML 5 specification. At this time point in time, it's a good idea to move the discussion of specifics back into this space. Just to point out previous discussion on this topic: Michael Smith can help you with getting an account, as per the discussions at the RDFa email list: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2009Jul/0018.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2009Jul/0017.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2009Jul/0019.html Sam Ruby has mentioned in this discussion about 3 or more people getting behind each draft before proposing adoption from this group, just to demonstrate that there's enough interest to make the time spent on the effort worthwhile. In the the thread is a practical discussion about how to manage the changes. Note you do have to be experienced with Unix (or Mac OS X Terminal) to follow most of the discussion, as well as having worked with CVS. However, as the discussion continues and suggestions are refined, hopefully none of this will provide a hinderance to anyone. Some collaboration on drafts is also beginning. The overall procedure would see to be to get an account for the W3C development space, to check out the existing HTML 5 working space using CVS, to either start fresh, make copies, use XSLT or other procedures being defined to either edit a whole new document, or one section, and then when satisfied, to submit your work to the group. At that time, consensus may occur to either accept or reject your work. Barring consensus, a vote will occur. There is still an issue that the Editor draft of the HTML 5 specification could be edited while the vote is underway, as there is no freeze procedure. Hopefully edits will be occurring in sections not currently involved in the vote, and then the work will end up merged. Ian has stated he will abide by any vote in this group. I'm taking that to mean that he won't be makin edits to sections currently involved in a vote. There's also some discussion of taking these new bits and creating one single mashed up document, which will then be placed against the Editor draft, as a whole, for a final vote, but again, this part of the procedure is a bit uncertain. I believe that a procedure where sections are incorporated into the Editor draft as they happen would be the better approach, but that's just a suggestion. In the end there may be more than 2 versions of an HTML 5 specification up for vote. If' I've mistaken any of the evolving procedures, please clarify in follow-up email. Shelley [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2009Jul/0144.html
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