Re: [2nd DRAFT] Transition request for 2.1 CR

Thanks Thierry.  A couple of minor suggestions are embedded....

At 05:00 PM 8/25/2009 +0200, Thierry Michel wrote:
>[2nd DRAFT]  Transition request for 2.1 CR to be sent to  timbl@w3.org,
>ralph@w3.org, chris@w3.org, cc'ing w3t-comm@w3.org and chairs@w3.org
>
>I have incorporated today's comments. Please review.
>remains TBD:
>@@@ the "features at risk":
>@@@ review from other organizations:
>@@@ URI of WG resolution  to request Transition to CR
>
>Thanks.
>
>----------------------------------------
>
>This is a request for a Transition to CR.
>
>* Title: "WebCGM 2.1"
>* URI: http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-webcgm21-200909010/
>* Estimated publication date: 10 Sept 2009
>* Document Abstract: see below
>* Status section: see below
>
>* Record of the decision to request the Transition:
>During its WG F2F meeting in Ann Arbor - MI - USA, the WebCGM group has
>resolved to request Transition to CR. See
>       http://www.w3.org/@@@
>
>* Report of important changes to the document:
>
>The WebCGM WG has released two Last Call Working Drafts:
>- a WebCGM 2.1 (First public and Last Call Working Draft) [17 September
>2008]
>http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-webcgm21-20080917/
>
>followed by a WebCGM 2.1 (second public Working Draft) [30 january 2009]
>http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-webcgm21-20090130/
>incorporating requests for changes from comments sent during the first
>Last Call Review, as agreed with the commenters (see Disposition of Last
>Call comments for WebCGM 2.1).
>
>- a WebCGM 2.1 (second Last Call Working Draft) [04 June 2009]
>http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-webcgm21-20090604/
>incorporating requests for changes from comments sent during the first
>Last Call Review, as agreed with the commenters and changes following
>implementation experiences from the Working Group.
>
>The changes that this version introduces from the Last Call Working
>Draft are available at Appendix D. Change Log.
>
>http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-webcgm21-20090604/WebCGM21-Appendix.html#webcgm_changelog
>
>* Evidence that the document satisfies group's requirements:
>The group's initial requirements have not changed. The WG has fulfilled
>all requirements. See initial WebCGM 2.1 Requirements at
>       http://www.w3.org/2007/WebCGM21-requirements.html
>
>* Evidence that dependencies with other groups met (or not):
>WebCGM 2.1 has no normative references to W3C specifications that are
>not yet Proposed Recommendations.
>Dependencies with other groups have been explored and ensuing issues
>resolved during the First and Second Last Call period.
>See the Disposition of Comments document at
>       http://www.w3.org/Graphics/WebCGM/WG/2008/WebCGM21-LC-comments.html
>
>* Evidence that the document has received wide review:
>Last Call Review announcement was sent to the chairs@w3.org list and to
>the public-webcgm@w3.org list on 18 Sep 2008 for the first last Call
>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webcgm/2008Sep/0000.html
>and on 04 June 2009 for the second last Call.
>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webcgm/2009Jun/0000.html
>
>We have especially requested review from WGs those listed for
>coordination in the WG Charter :  I18N WG, SVG WG and SYMM WG.
>http://www.w3.org/2007/10/webcgm-charter.html
>
>We received comments from the I18N WG and from individuals.
>
>Review from other organizations:
>    - OASIS has reviewed the Last Call version, through their monthly
>meeting.
>    - @@@ [TBD]
>
>
>* Evidence that issues have been formally addressed.
>All comments have been formally addressed.
>See the Disposition of Comments document.
>      http://www.w3.org/Graphics/WebCGM/WG/2008/WebCGM21-LC-comments.html
>
>* Objections:
>No objections have been received.
>
>* Implementation information:
>
>The CR exit criteria, as decided by the group and mentioned in the
>specification, are:
>" 1. Sufficient reports of implementation experience have been gathered
>to demonstrate that the WebCGM 2.1 features are implementable and are
>interpreted in a consistent manner. To do so, the Working Group will
>insure that all features in the WebCGM 2.1 specification have been
>implemented at least twice in an interoperable way. This defines this as:
>       * the implementations have been developed independently,
>       * each test in the WebCGM 2.1 test suite has at least two passing
>implementations.
>
>2. The Working Group has adopted  a public test suite for WebCGM 2.1 and 
>has produced an implementation report."
>A preliminary WebCGM 2.1 test suite is available at
>http://www.w3.org/Graphics/WebCGM/2009/WebCGM21/testsuite21.html
>
>The WG expects the CR period to be 1 month (the minimal CR ending date
>is set to 10 October 2006). The WG expects Transition to PR early November.
>
>There is already a good amount of implementions of WebCGM 2.1. A list of

...WebCGM products handling various versions, including...

>Viewers and Printers Browser plug-ins and standalone viewers, Editors,
>Filters and Converters, WebCGM capable printers, etc., is available at
>http://www.cgmopen.org/webcgm/products.html
>
>There has been an "interoperability session" during the WebCGM WG F2F

There have been several "interoperability sessions" during the WebCGM WG F2F

>meeting in Ann Arbor, MI, USA 24-26 August 2009.
>A preliminary implementation report with detailed matrix shows which
>software implements each feature of the specification.
>See
>http://www.w3.org/Graphics/WebCGM/2009/WebCGM21/implementation-report.html
>
>The Working Group has identify specific features of the technical report
>as being "features at risk":
>           * @@@ [TBD]
>
>* Patent Disclosures:
>No patent disclosures have been made for any specifications of this group.
>See WebCGM WG Patent Policy Status
>         http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/39256/status
>
>* Abstract:
>
>http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-webcgm21-200909010/#abstract
>
>
>* Status section:
>
>http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-webcgm21-200909010/#status
>
>-------------------------------------
>For Lofton Henderson, WebCGM Working Group Chair,
>Thierry Michel, WebCGM staff contact.
>--
>Thierry Michel
>W3C
>

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