Re: [PNG] TAG approval, next step is CR

On 2023-08-02 04:08, Chris Blume (ProgramMax) wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> We just received TAG approval 
> <https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/873>! Our next step 
> (as I understand it, please correct me if I'm wrong) is Candidate 
> Recommendation. I'll review the W3C Process Document 
> <https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20230612/> to make sure we're in a 
> good position for upcoming publications.

Yes, requesting CR is the next step.

A guide which more concretely answers "exactly what do we do and when" is

https://www.w3.org/Guide/transitions?profile=CR&cr=new

I also recommend:

https://github.com/w3c/transitions/issues/new/choose and then select 
"*Recommendation Track - Candidate Recommendation".*

I can take care of filling that in, once the CfC is ended, but reading 
that helps to make concrete the information that is needed to request 
advancement to CR.

We should decide which of the issues are actually blocking advancement 
to CR and which are just nice to have and can be dealt with afterwards 
(stuff like markup changes for example, which also depend on who has 
time available to do the work).

Also we will need a minuted decision or (better, especially in vacation 
season) a call for consensus issue on our GH asking for any objections 
to requesting CR. The deadline to respond should be at least a week, 
preferably two.

>
> For example, PNG was previously published before the patent exclusion 
> step existed. So this time around, that was our first step this time. 
> Usually, part of moving to CR is a patent exclusion period. I'll 
> double check if we need another or if the first was sufficient.
Publishing CR will trigger a new exclusion opportunity, but scoped to 
anything in the CR that was not in the First Public Working Draft.
>
> Congrats, everyone!
Indeed, great to see this moving forward!

-- 
Chris Lilley
@svgeesus
Technical Director @ W3C
W3C Strategy Team, Core Web Design
W3C Architecture & Technology Team, Core Web & Media