- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:56:42 -0400
- To: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- CC: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
Shelley Powers wrote: > I followed the teleconference in IRC archives. A lot of stuff. > > Questions of clarification: > > Do we still have discussion when it comes to publishing a Working > Draft, regardless of who publishes it? Yes. > Do we need consensus, or are all Working Drafts being published, > unless someone actively protests? No, we don't need consensus. No, individual submissions are not automatically published as Working Drafts. The normal course is that in order to publish a Working Draft a Working Group decision is required. If the chairs can justify it, they can authorize exceptions. We could, for example, decide to simply publish Ian's draft at this time. > If someone publishes a Working Draft with many differences, can we > discuss each, or is it a case of all or nothing? No discussion is (or has been) forbidden. I don't see publishing a sentence or a paragraph or chapter 4.9.2 "The table element" as a working draft. I can see (for example) either RDFa in HTML as a separate draft from HTML5 OR as a part of HTML5. > Is it true that the Working Group can't comment during Last Call? That > we have to raise issues before then? My reading of the processes and procedures document is that consensus of the Working Group is required prior to Last Call. I don't believe that precludes people from changing their minds. > If this is true, is Last Call still on schedule for October? Do we > know when in October? I do believe that Ian hopes to be ready for Last Call by October, but at the moment, that's all it is: a hope and perhaps even an expectation. I will say that unless we get the PF Working Group to make an exception to their current plans and procedures, Ian will not have the feedback he needs[1] in order to address ARIA integration by that time. Cynthia and StevenF both indicated that they will look into it this week and will report back on a request to expedite that one request in next week's call. > Thanks for clarification > > Shelley - Sam Ruby [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Aug/0279.html
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