Re: Proposed version of the final TPE Note we plan to publish

> On Oct 24, 2018, at 3:07 AM, Wendy Seltzer <wseltzer@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> On 10/24/2018 03:31 AM, Matthias Schunter (Intel Corporation) wrote:
>> Dear TPWG,
>> 
>> 
>> thanks to Roy who has converted the CR into a Note. The draft Note can
>> be found here:
>>   https://w3c.github.io/dnt/drafts/tracking-dnt.html
>> 
>> We plan to publish this note along with the Addenum edited by Mike.
>> 
>> Jeff Jaffe suggested we add some context to the note. David Singer and I
>> propose to add these two paragraphs to the Note:
>> 
>>> This Note is the outcome of the standardization process by the Tracking Protection Working Group that resulted in publishing this text as a Candidate Recommendation on DATE.
>>> 
>>> An insufficient number of W3C members was willing to implement this standard that offers enhanced privacy and transparency. Due to lack of support, the TPWG working group then decided at the W3C technical plenary on 2019-10-24 to close down. The former Candidate Recommendation was then republished as this Note.
> 
> I think it's "insufficient sites showed willingness to adopt the
> specification and user-agents discontinued development of
> implementations" rather than specifically a lack of W3C members --
> non-member implementations are considered too.
> 
> Thanks,
> --Wendy


I tried inserting the text as is and it just made things worse.
After various attempts at cleaning it up into something that non-wonks
can understand, here is what I added to the SOTD:

   This Note is a final outcome of the standardization process by the
   Tracking Protection Working Group for the extensions to HTTP known
   variously as DNT, Do Not Track, or Tracking Protection Expression.

   Since its last publication as a Candidate Recommendation, there has not
   been sufficient deployment of these extensions (as defined) to justify
   further advancement, nor have there been any indications of planned
   support among browser implementations. The working group has therefore
   decided to conclude its work and republish the final product as this
   Note, with any future addendums to be published separately.

However, this is small compared to all of the other front matter and
auto-generated information provided in the document.  Hence,
folks should view the actual document at

   https://w3c.github.io/dnt/drafts/tracking-dnt.html

to see it in context.  The W3Team might want to consider removing or
reducing some of that SOTD clutter when publishing it in TR space
(after a final fixed version is exported from the Respec draft).

Cheers,

....Roy

Received on Wednesday, 24 October 2018 22:51:25 UTC