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RE: [whatwg] Creative Commons Rights Expression Language

From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:48:12 +0000 (UTC)
To: "Bonner, Matt" <matt.bonner@hp.com>
Cc: Ben Adida <ben@adida.net>, Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, "www-archive@w3.org" <www-archive@w3.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0808222047110.19930@hixie.dreamhostps.com>

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Bonner, Matt wrote:
> 
> Obviously not my decision, by any means. I'm new to the HTMLWG myself. I 
> can say from what I've observed, that the process steps have been pretty 
> consistent:
> 
> 1. show web author/reader demand
> 2. distill the scenarios into a few key use cases
> 3. offer a proposal
> 4. respond to feedback & adjust proposal accordingly
> 5. if successful, become part of the spec.

That's exactly the process we have been trying to follow; I'm glad you 
have observed us being consistent in this, that's encouraging!

The actual steps are listed explicitly in the WHATWG FAQ:

   http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_the_spec.3F

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