Dependence on works in progress

Chris Lilley wrote to <mailto:www-style@w3.org> on 20 March 2003 in "Re:
Proposed Additions to list-style-type based on Unicode 4.0"
(<mid:17030163468.20030320095640@w3.org>):

> unaproved scripts should probably not be used in
> a CSS3 Rec.

I would like to generalize this suggestion and to elevate it to a
requirement. Please consider the following text.

A W3C Recommendation must not have any normative references to works in
progress. A W3C Recommendation should not have non-normative references to
works in progress.

I did not find a like-worded requirement anywhere. I suspect that one exists
in some Member-only document. I would appreciate a confirmation or denial of
this suspicion.

Clearly, the proposed policy would affect many Working Groups. I could not,
however, discover the proper forum to raise the issue with the W3C at large.
I hope that Chris or another person can direct me.

Received on Friday, 21 March 2003 06:14:13 UTC