Re: No barrier (was Re: Public review schedule for the draft data usage vocabulary?)

Thanks a lot Phil!

Cheers,
Bernadette

2015-05-24 11:58 GMT-03:00 Eric Stephan <ericphb@gmail.com>:

> Phil,
>
> Thank you for this very helpful and thorough explanation and thank you in
> advance for your review time this week!
>
> Eric
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 1:03 AM, Phil Archer <phila@w3.org> wrote:
>
>> Eric, everyone,
>>
>> Let me clarify the situation if I can.
>>
>> There is no formal requirement that a WG freezes a document and then has
>> a week to review before it is published. A document could be edited during
>> a call and the WG could vote there and then to publish.
>>
>> The requirement is simply that there is consensus within the group that a
>> document should be formally published.
>>
>> To achieve that, the WG should be aware that a publication is imminent
>> and the chairs should signal when a vote to publish is likely to take
>> place. As you know, agendas are always published at least 24 hours ahead of
>> a WG meeting and, if a resolution is expected on publication, that will be
>> in the agenda.
>>
>> The current situation in the WG is that editors have been making enormous
>> efforts to get documents ready for publication. Everyone in the WG is aware
>> of this (and grateful to those editors!).
>>
>> Therefore, if the chairs so decide, there is nothing to prevent a
>> proposal to publish any or all of the three documents being put on the
>> coming week's agenda.
>>
>> I fully understand your concern, Eric, and yes, I have pushed the week to
>> review idea throughout the WG's existence, but I hope this gives the
>> broader perspective. Yes, W3C is a stickler for process - we know - but
>> we're well within it here.
>>
>> I can't be on this Friday's call but will have reviewed all three docs by
>> then and will raise any concerns by mail. The following week, i.e. the
>> first week of June, I am travel-free and, speaking personally, it would be
>> an ideal week for me to support the editors in getting documents ready for
>> publication on Thursday 4th June.
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22/05/2015 21:29, Eric Stephan wrote:
>>
>>> I know our meetings are jam packed each week and not everything can be
>>> discussed,  but I am concerned that because we did not have a chance to
>>> formally ask the working group during the meeting time to review our
>>> vocabulary that our schedule will slip.
>>>
>>> In other words, does it take a formal proposal to the working group to
>>> start the review clock (I believe Phil mentioned it was a two week
>>> window)?
>>>
>>> If it does take a proposal, can we expedite the process by having a
>>>   proposal and vote in email to avoid slipping by another week?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Eric S
>>>
>>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Phil Archer
>> W3C Data Activity Lead
>> http://www.w3.org/2013/data/
>>
>> http://philarcher.org
>> +44 (0)7887 767755
>> @philarcher1
>>
>
>


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Bernadette Farias Lóscio
Centro de Informática
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Brazil
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