Re: Final version of the proposed plan

* Jeff Jaffe wrote:
>On 9/17/2013 3:14 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
>> Furthermore, the Working Group is required to formally address comments
>> like those described above in a timely manner and must attempt to
>> satisfy the reviewer. But the proposed plan does not make clear that it
>> will formally address them prior to making a Last Call announcement, and
>> likely make substantive changes to the document in response, even though
>> none of the rules imposed on group participants have been followed.
>
>These issues would be treated as post-Last Call issues, but they would 
>still need to be addressed before going to a Recommendation.

You mean pre-Last Call, if the Working Group decides to address them by
making changes that are not minor changes like "clarifications, bug
fixes, editorial repairs, and minor error corrections". Here:

  A technical report is returned to a Working Group for further work in 
  either of the following situations:

    1. The Working Group makes substantive changes to the technical
       report at any time after a Last Call announcement and prior to
       Publication as a Recommendation, except when the changes involve
       the removal of features at risk identified in a Call for 
       Implementations. In the case of substantive changes, the Working
       Group MUST republish the technical report as a Working Draft.

    2. The Director requires the Working Group to address important
       issues raised during a review or as the result of implementation
       experience. In this case, Director MAY request that the Working 
       Group republish the technical report as a Working Draft, even if 
       the Working Group has not made substantive changes.

  The Director MUST inform the Advisory Committee and group Chairs when
  a technical report has been returned to a Working Group for further
  work.

  After republication as a Working Draft, the next forward step
  available to the Working Group is a Last Call announcement. The Last
  Call announcement MAY occur at the same time as the publication of
  the Working Draft.

As per <http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/process.html#return-to-wg>.

By the way, could you point me to the document the Working Group has
published under the provisions of Process section 6.2.7 3rd paragraph?
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Received on Tuesday, 17 September 2013 20:50:27 UTC