RDFa Core Last Call telecon notes

Hey folks,

A couple of notes for the telecon call tomorrow. I want to make sure
that everyone is prepared to have a productive call as we're going to
attempt to move RDFa Core 1.1 to Last Call.

The W3C technical plenary starts on October 31st. There is a publishing
moratorium during the technical plenary and usually a delay after the
plenary. This means that if we don't reach consensus to take the RDFa
Core 1.1 document to Last Call tomorrow, with a publishing date of next
Tuesday, we will have to wait an additional 2-3 weeks to try again.

We're going to try and move quickly through the agenda tomorrow. Please
make sure that you have read and know your position on each one of the
issues below. Each of these, except for ISSUE-37, should be closed by
the telecon tomorrow. If there is an objection to any of the proposals
to close each issue below, we'll have to straw-poll to close each open
issue logged against RDFa Core 1.1. ISSUE-37 is editorial, so won't
block progress to Last Call:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdfa-wg/2010Oct/0238.html
http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/track/issues/47
http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/track/issues/46
http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/track/issues/39
http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/track/issues/16
http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/track/issues/37

The call tomorrow may go over by 15-30 minutes (or more) depending on
how the discussion goes for all of the items that we have on the agenda.
I will try to keep us on track, but sometimes these discussions take
longer than all of us would like.

If you have concerns or issues, please send them to the list before the
telecon. Don't blind-side the group with a last-minute issue or formal
objection.

That said, if you vehemently disagree that RDFa Core 1.1 should go to
Last Call in its current state, there is a process in place, called a
"Formal Objection" to stop the document going to Last Call:

http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies#Consensus

We have never had to use a Formal Objection in the RDFa Task Force or
the RDFa Working Group as it is incredibly disruptive, requires a very
long voting period, and also requires the Director to step in. If any
RDFa WG member wishes to stop us from moving to Last Call you MUST
provide solid technical reasoning and follow the procedure outlined above.

That said, I'm sure that our call will be as pleasant as it usually is -
see those that can make it on the call tomorrow.

-- manu

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Received on Thursday, 21 October 2010 03:19:12 UTC