Re: Instructions for publishing FPWD

Ivan,

All three issues have fixes in an updated FPWD at the same URL.

I think it should be good to go from me.

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On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote:

> +cc explicitly to the other editor, Denken Chen
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> thanks. We are almost there… the draft version is now on the W3C site
>
>  https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/WD-vc-confidence-method-20251030/
>
> and I have run the pubrules' checker and link checker on it. There are
> three minor issues.
>
> 1. As you say, the version number has to go to 1.0; I believe this is what
> we agreed on. I changed it manually for now, but you should do that in the
> sources as well.
>
> 2. The link checker does not find this fragment link:
>
>   - https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-integrity/#verification-method (line
> 762)
>
> I presume the right URL is this:
>
>   - https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-integrity/#dfn-verification-method
>
> but this is something you have to decide. Please update this.
>
> 3. The w3cid value for Denken (in the header) is 158074. Please change
> that; the current value is incorrect and the system complains.
>
> Also:
>
> However, I have two gaps:
>
> 1. The version in the FPWD is 1.0, but the version I have prepared is
> still 0.9. I supposed I should update to 1.0, but that wasn't obvious from
> the instructions. That's an easy fix.
>
>
> See above.
>
> 2. I'm not sure how to complete the last request from Ivan, updating
> https://github.com/w3c/vc-wg/pull/2/files
>
> >        https://github.com/w3c/transitions/issues/@ISSUE1@
> >    Transition approved in:
> >
> https://github.com/w3c/transitions/issues/@ISSUE1@#issuecomment-@@@@@@@
>
> I don't know what to put here.
>
>
> You can safely ignore that, this will be my job. The process is that I
> will have to raise a github issue to trigger the approval process (I can
> then fill @ISSUE1@) which, eventually, leads to an approval which is
> signaled as a comment on that issue (that is the second link). These values
> have to be forwarded to the webmaster to process with the final publishing.
> None of these are your concern :-)
>
> Similarly, the sections on IPR commitments and known implementations are
> beyond my understanding. Do we have IPR commitments or known
> implementations?
>
>
> I believe we agreed that Manu will provide those.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ivan
>
>
>
> Please advise.
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Manu. Just minor adjustments
>>
>> On 17 Oct 2025, at 21:46, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
>>
>> Rough instructions to Editors for preparing a draft to publish as a FPWD:
>>
>> 1. Checkout the repo
>> 2. Create a directory called /transitions/2025/FPWD
>> 3. Change the front-matter of the spec:
>>   * specStatus: "FPWD"
>>   * publishDate:  "2025-10-30"
>>   * Update Editors to be you and the others that are confirmed as Editors
>> 4. Generate static copy by previewing spec in your browser, and
>> clicking (top right of page): ReSpec -> Export... -> HTML
>> 5. Copy downloaded file to /transitions/2025/FPWD/index.html
>>
>>
>> If you have diagrams (SVG or images), please copy them as well. The
>> …/FPWD directory must be self-standing, so to say.
>>
>> 6. Upload index.html to the following W3C Checking tools:
>>   * https://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_upload
>>   * https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/#validate_by_upload
>> 7. If those pass, commit FPWD/index.html
>> 8. Do linkchecker: https://validator.w3.org/checklink
>>
>> There is a way to run this locally, but you have to install Perl.
>> Provide the published URL to the checklink website after the repo has
>> deployed (wait 3 minutes for it to deploy, you can watch the Github
>> Action execute in the repo if you want):
>>
>> https://w3c.github.io/vc-confidence-method/transitions/2025/FPWD/
>>
>> Once that's done, do a PR to update the appropriate fields with @@@ in
>> Ivan's PR:
>>
>> https://github.com/w3c/vc-wg/pull/2/files
>>
>>
>> There is nothing specifically for editors in that PR (I have changed the
>> dated URL-s already). What is missing are the IPR and implementation
>> information.
>>
>>
>> I think that's the rough list, I might have forgotten something...
>> just ping me over the weekend and I can help if I'm around. Put aside
>> 1-2 hours to get through all of it. The worst part is the checklink
>> process if you have broken links. You can also ignore many of the
>> errors because of robots.txt rules. You'll just need to make a
>> judgement call.
>>
>>
>> As soon as all this is ready, ping me, please. I will have to install a
>> copy of your file to the W3C site, something that only W3C team members can
>> do.
>>
>> If there are link errors that are o.k. in your view, please give me your
>> arguments; I will have to forward them to the Webmaster in the publication
>> request. One typical situation, b.t.w., is that some external URLs hide
>> several hops of redirection that the link checker script cannot follow. (It
>> does not execute scripts, for example.) One rule of thumb: if you manually
>> copy a link to the browser bar, and it works properly, you are o.k. (just
>> tell me).
>>
>> Ivan
>>
>>
>> -- manu
>>
>> --
>> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
>> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
>> https://www.digitalbazaar.com/
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
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