Re: Data on successive spec draft publication?

On 1/20/15 12:51 AM, Michael Champion (MS OPEN TECH) wrote:
>
> Someone suggested that we look at data on *specs* (not just working 
> groups) as we look for efforts not destined for success.  I was hoping 
> to get data that -- for each spec -- would let us track publication of 
> working drafts, LC working drafts, CRs, PRs, Recommendations, and 
> edited Recs.  This would let us get an idea of how long it takes -- 
> minimum, average, maximum -- to get all the way through the process, 
> and perhaps identify red flags such as "If a spec doesn't get to CR in 
> x years, it is unlikely to even do so" and generally look for patterns 
> in the distribution of times it takes specs to move through the process.
>
>
> Unless I'm missing something, that's not easily available from the /TR 
> page:  There's just one entry for each spec indicating the the maximum 
> level of maturity, not one entry for each time something was published 
> to /TR.  Does anyone know if there is a way to get this more fine 
> grained data out of /TR , the WG database, etc?  Is there a single 
> mailing list (or public log file of some sort) that gets an entry 
> every time something is published?
>

FYI, I created (and still maintain) a document for WebApps that includes 
that data <https://www.w3.org/wiki/Webapps/TimeToREC>. (Interesting 
data; lots of variables in `getting to REC`.)

[My original use case was "if WebApps had used the TR process in PD-2014 
instead of PD-2005, would any of the specs reached REC sooner?" (BTW, 
the answer was "no").]

-AB

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