Re: Change proposal template and conformance class changes

On Mar 25, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Shelley Powers wrote:

> Before I submit several change proposals next week, I want to get a
> clarification from the co-chairs about the structure of the change
> proposal.
>
> I know there is a change proposal template, but I don't think I've
> seen anyone provide a value for the Conformance Class Changes, and I'm
> not completely sure what it is. I don't plan on provide this section
> in the document, because if I did, it would just say "none".

The intent of this is to mention which conformance classes are  
affected by the proposal. For example:

- Affects authoring conformance requirements.
- Affects conformance checkers.

Or:

- Affects browsers and other interactive user agents.

> However, I also don't want to trigger several requests from the
> co-chairs to provide this section. Is leaving this off my change
> proposals acceptable?

This section is not required. The Decision Policy just cites this as  
an example of the kind of content that might go in the Impact section.  
It can be helpful for readers of the Change Proposal, but ideally can  
already be inferred from other information.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Thursday, 25 March 2010 16:41:23 UTC