Re: Call for Consensus to Publish Payment Request API and Payment Method Identifiers as Recommendations - reply requested before 11 January 2022

1. Support the proposal.

On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 at 09:05, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:

> Dear Web Payments Working Group Participants,
>
> This is a Call for Consensus to publish the following specifications as
> W3C Recommendations:
>
>   Payment Request API
>   https://w3c.github.io/payment-request/
>
>   Payment Method Identifiers
>   https://w3c.github.io/payment-method-id/
>
> We would like to thank the editors for preparing these documents.
>
> PLEASE RESPOND to the proposal by 11 January 2022 (17h00 UTC).
>
> For the co-Chairs,
> Ian Jacobs
>
> ===========================================
> BACKGROUND
>
> On 30 September 2021 the Director invited W3C Member review of
> Proposed Recommendations of Payment Request API and Payment Method
> Identifier. The review resulted in two Formal Objections to Payment
> Request. The Editors made some non-substantive changes to the
> specification to satisfy aspects of one of the Formal Objections (see
> below).
>
> The Editors prepared a public record of the Formal Objections:
>
>   Advisory Committee Review of Payment Request API and
>   Payment Method Identifiers
>   https://www.w3.org/2021/12/prapi-objs.html
>
> We ask that the Working Group review the document and annotations
> regarding the Formal Objections. This is a proposal to request that
> the Director advance the specifications to Recommendation (per W3C
> Process [1]).
>
> [1] https://www.w3.org/2021/Process-20211102/#transition-reqs
>
> ===========================================
> CHANGES TO PAYMENT REQUEST API
> (Since the 30 September 2021 Proposed Recommendation)
>
> * Changes to address aspects of one Formal Objection:
>   https://github.com/w3c/payment-request/pull/978
>
> * Informative changes to satisfy concerns raised by the
>   Internationalization Working Group.
>   https://github.com/w3c/payment-request/pull/971
>
> * An informative change due to a change in terminology in the
>   URL specification:
>   https://github.com/w3c/payment-request/issues/969
>
> * A small number of editorial changes to fix bugs.
>
> For the full commit history, see:
> https://github.com/w3c/payment-request/commits/gh-pages
>
> ===========================================
> PROPOSAL
>
> That the Web Payments Working Group request that the W3C Director override
> the two Formal Objections and approve publication of Payment Request API
> and Payment Method Identifiers as Recommendations.
>
> Please indicate one of the following in your response:
>
> 1. Support the proposal.
>
> 2. Do not support the proposal (please provide rationale).
>
> 3. Support the consensus of the Web Payments Working Group.
>
> 4. Abstain.
>
> Rationale welcome in your response.
>
> If there is consensus by 11 January 2022 (17h00 UTC) for the proposal, it
> will carry.
>
> ===========================================
> FORMAL OBJECTIONS
>
> * If you wish your LACK of support to publish to be conveyed to the
>   Director and reviewed, please include the phrase "FORMAL OBJECTION"
>   in your response and be sure to include substantive arguments or
>   rationale. The W3C Director takes Formal Objections seriously, and
>   therefore they typically require significant time and effort to
>   address.
>
> * Silence will be taken to mean there is no Formal Objection.
>
> * If there are new Formal Objections, the Chairs plan to contact the
>   individual(s) who made them to see whether there are changes that
>   would address the concern and increase consensus to publish.
>
> For more information, see:
>   https://www.w3.org/2021/Process-20211102/#Consensus
>
> ===========================================
> NEXT STEPS
> Transition Request Following a Working Group Decision to Publish
>
> * In the case where this Call for Consensus results in a decision to
>   publish, the Chairs plan to request approval from the W3C Director
>   to publish Recommendations (including review of any Formal
>   Objections).
>
> --
> Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
> https://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
> Tel: +1 917 450 8783 <+1%20917-450-8783>
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