Re: Chair’s decision to reopen ISSUE-30

Hi Paul,

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Laura

On 3/2/11, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Per the W3C process [1], the Chairs may reopen a decision when presented
> with new information.  In the case of the decision regarding ISSUE-30
> (longdesc), the decision itself specifically cites [2] "use cases that
> specifically require longdesc" as an example of new information that we were
> seeking.
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> The chairs have received [3] a request to reopen this decision based on new
> information.  While we are skeptical that some portions of this does not
> meet the bar (e.g., "new research"), we feel that the New Formal Use Cases
> Requiring Longdesc [4] do in fact merit consideration by the wider work
> group.
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>
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> The Chairs therefore reopen ISSUE-30 as a Last Call issue.
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> As these use cases clearly took considerable time to prepare -- and we
> commend the thoroughness of this analysis -- we feel it is important that
> the Working Group be given adequate time to evaluate this data, and
> potentially either rebut it or prepare Alternate Change Proposals based on
> this new information.  At this time we expect to issue a call for such
> proposals in May when we have made more progress to getting the current
> HTML5 specifications into Last Call.
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>
>
> Paul Cotton
>
> on behalf of the HTML WG co-chairs
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> [1] http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies#WGChairReopen.
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> [2]
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> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Aug/att-0112/issue-30-decision.html
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> [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Feb/0394.html
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> [4]
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> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/InstateLongdesc#New_Formal_Use_Cases_Requiring_longdesc
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> Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada
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>
>


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Laura L. Carlson