WebVTT Working to be published with new publication tool (Echidna).

WebVTT editors and TTWG collegues,

The W3C has recently provided a new tool for publishing Working Drafts 
in TR space. This tool (Echidna) provides easy publication without the 
need of the Webmaster (or Team contact) for the editor.

WebVTT FPWD last publication was done on Nov 13th 2014. We probably need 
to republish on TR soon.

My proposal is to try this new tool for the publication of WebVTT WD. 
This new publication system is a beta.

If this tool should ease the publication process, allowing publication 
by the editor (or Team contact). It requires 4 actions:

1-Approuval of publication with Echidna by the WG.
In order for the editor to publish documents using the new process, the 
TTWG needs to get consensus to do so. The chair will generally put out a 
Call for Consensus (CFC).

- Approuval once by the TTWG for any iteration of WebVTT WD publications.
This would facilitate publication by the editor without waitting for a 
TTWG approuval for each publication. On the other hand the TTWG may be 
less informed of the changes made into the document, before publication 
in TR, without an approuval for each publication). Maybe a section 
"changes log" in WebVTT spec would help.

- other solution is Approuval by the TTWG for each Publication of WebVTT 
WD publication.
This would delay a bit the WD publication in TR, requiring the editor to 
wait for TTWG approuval for each publication. But it would aallow the 
TTWG to better monitor the WebVTT publication in TR.


2- Require a token for the spec
The first time only, the team contact has to request a token for the 
spec. Team contact communicates token for spec to editor, who keeps it safe

Request of token needs to parameter:
- specification url: the latest version url of the specification, e.g. 
http://www.w3.org/TR/<shortname>
- source of the specification: for security reasons, a token is also 
associated with a document origin.


3-The Editor IDs
You will need to get the IDs for the Editors of your spec. You can find 
yours by going to your W3C profile.

4- Prepare the document
Unfortunatly the WebVTT editor's draft in the CG and the WebVTT Working 
Draft in the TTWG to be published on TR differ:

- style sheets are different
- copyrights are different
- Status of this document present in TR version
- Dated URI and shortname URIs present in TR version
-etc.

Therefore before trying to publish with Echidna, one must provide a 
document with the proper above styling and informtion.
Are the editors using Respec ? In this case an output to specific TR 
formatting could be done to have a proper source  document for Echidna.

The source document to be publish by Echidna needs to pass the 
validators and purules.

* Check your spec with new Specberus
https://labs.w3.org/pubrules/


* Publishing using Echidna

Once you have a document, a Group decision, and a token, you can submit 
your document :

Publish using reference UI, developed in-house,
https://w3.org/publish/

Provide:
    -  Spec URL, eg http://www.w3.org/TR/flux-capacitor
    -  Source URL, eg https://w3c.github.io/FluxCapacitorSpec

For more information for publishing with Echidna

https://labs.w3.org/echidna/
https://github.com/w3c/echidna/wiki

We should also use this process for TTML2 WD publications.
For IMSC1, it isn't possible, Echidna only support WD publications (not 
FPWG, CR, PR and REC). So we will use the regulr publication process 
with the webmaster.

Best,

Thierry.

Received on Friday, 19 June 2015 08:01:38 UTC