Re: First pass at use cases for "new standards" task force

On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:21:41 -0700, Harry Halpin <hhalpin@w3.org> wrote:

> [Bypass] - in some version of the w3c process, instead of hoping the W3C
> develops the new standard from scratch, it may be a better idea to go
> through extensive incubation and have several proposals with strong
> developer communities. Again, my thinking was you should just be to  
> bypass a strong Rec straight to Working Draft or even Last Call.

I don't like "bypass" for the reasons other people have listed. I don't  
have a problem with a group being set up and taking a document straight  
into FPWD which is also last call - although that should be a reasonable  
length last call. Note that there are Patent Policy implications if those  
two phases don't happen, although there is no obvious problem I can think  
of (in 3 seconds) if they happen simultaneously.

In principle that is already possible, in practice almost whenever it has  
been tried the document has been found to need more work. I don't recall,  
but teh WebCGM specs might be the exception.

Talking about what has successfully gone through W3C and what has been  
bogged down, and why, might be helpful. If it is a clear and frank  
explanation.

cheers

Chaals

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