RE: Transition Request: PER Request for XML 1.0 5th Edition

As was pointed out to me, this transition request mentions
(in its supposed copy of the SOTD) a particular erratum [PE160].  
This terminology reflects what the WG calls "potential errata" 
until they are added to the Errata document.

As properly reflected in the actual SOTD at
http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2008/01/PER-xml-20080205/
what should be referenced is:

 erratum [E09] [which] relaxes the restrictions on element
 and attribute names, thereby providing in XML 1.0 the major
 end user benefit currently achievable only by using XML 1.1.

and [E09] is a link to http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-V10-4e-errata#E09

You can also see section 2.3 Common Syntactic Constructs in
the review copy at
http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2008/01/PER-xml-20080205/PER-xml-20080205-re
view.html#sec-common-syn
and note the several changed sections marked [E09] (as well as
appendix B which has been deleted and appendix J which has
been added) to see the changes related to this erratum.

paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-xml-core-wg-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:public-xml-core-wg-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Grosso, Paul
> Sent: Friday, 2008 January 18 16:05
> To: timbl@w3.org; steve@w3.org
> Cc: public-xml-core-wg@w3.org; webreq@w3.org; chairs@w3.org; 
> w3t-comm@w3.org
> Subject: Transition Request: PER Request for XML 1.0 5th Edition
> 
> 
> 
> The XML Core WG requests transition of 
>   Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition)
> available at
> http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2008/01/PER-xml-20080205/ 
> to a Proposed Edited Recommendation (PER).  
> 
> The URL cited above is for the most recent Member-only version 
> of the specification as of 18 January 2008 but tentatively 
> targeted for publication on 05 February 2008, and designed 
> to be published by having the directory moved over to
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PER-xml-20080205/ 
> in its entirety.
> 
> XML 1.0 Fourth Edition was published on 16 August 2006 
> at http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-20060816/
> as a Recommendation.  All changes to the document are 
> recorded in the XML 1.0 4th Edition Specification Errata 
> document at http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-V10-4e-errata .
> A diff-marked review copy of this PER is available at
> http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2008/01/PER-xml-20080205/PER-xml-2
> 0080205-re
> view.html
> (member only now, but this will become public when the 
> PER is published).
> 
> The WG's decision to request publication as a PER was taken 
> during a WG telcon on 2008 January 16 whose minutes may be found at
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2008Jan/0040
> 
> 
> SCHEDULE
> 
> We propose a publication date of 5 February 2008.
> 
> We propose that the PER period lasts from the date of publication
> until 16 May 2008. 
> 
> 
> PROPOSED PER TITLE, ABSTRACT AND STATUS SECTIONS
> 
> Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition)
> 
> Abstract
> --------
> The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a subset of SGML that is 
> completely described in this document. Its goal is to enable generic 
> SGML to be served, received, and processed on the Web in the way 
> that is now possible with HTML. XML has been designed for ease of 
> implementation and for interoperability with both SGML and HTML.
> 
> Status of this Document
> -----------------------
> This section describes the status of this document at the time 
> of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. 
> A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this 
> technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index 
> at http://www.w3.org/TR/.
> 
> This document specifies a syntax created by subsetting an existing, 
> widely used international text processing standard (Standard 
> Generalized Markup Language, ISO 8879:1986(E) as amended and 
> corrected) for use on the World Wide Web. It is a product of the 
> XML Core Working Group as part of the XML Activity. The English 
> version of this specification is the only normative version. 
> However, for translations of this document, see 
> http://www.w3.org/2003/03/Translations/byTechnology?technology=xml.
> 
> This document is a Proposed Edited Recommendation of the W3C. 
> This fifth edition is not a new version of XML. As a convenience 
> to readers, it incorporates the changes dictated by the accumulated 
> errata (available at http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-V10-4e-errata) to 
> the Fourth Edition of XML 1.0, dated 16 August 2006. In particular, 
> erratum [PE160] relaxes the restrictions on element and attribute 
> names, thereby providing in XML 1.0 the major end user benefit 
> currently achievable only by using XML 1.1.
> 
> W3C Advisory Committee Members are invited to send formal review 
> comments to the W3C Team until 16 May 2008. Advisory Committee 
> Representatives should consult their WBS questionnaires. The public 
> is invited to send comments on this document to xml-editor@w3.org; 
> public archives are available. For the convenience of readers, an 
> XHTML version with color-coded revision indicators is also provided; 
> this version highlights each change due to an erratum published in 
> the errata list, together with a link to the particular erratum in 
> that list. Most of the errata in the list provide a rationale for 
> the change.
> 
> The XML Core WG wishes to ensure continued universal interoperability 
> for XML 1.0. To this end, the WG will not request that this Fifth 
> Edition of XML 1.0 become a Recommendation until the 
> following criteria 
> are satisfied:
> 
> 1. At least three months have passed since the publication of 
> this PER.
> 
> 2. There are at least three implementations that pass the test suite 
>    for each of the errata that have been newly applied to the 5th
>    Edition.
> 
> A preliminary implementation report is available at 
> http://www.w3.org/XML/2008/01/xml10-5e-implementation.html. 
> A Test Suite is maintained to help assessing conformance to 
> this specification.
> 
> Publication as a Proposed Edited Recommendation does not imply 
> endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and 
> may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any 
> time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than 
> work in progress.
> 
> W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in 
> connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also 
> includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual 
> who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes 
> contains Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in 
> accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy.
> 
> 
> Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh, chairs of the XML Core WG. 
> 
>

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