Draft Transition Request: PR Request for XInclude take 3

Here is my FINAL take on the draft PR request.  If I don't
hear of problems, I'll send this off COB my time tomorrow
(Friday) assuming the implementation report is ready.

I would like at least Jonathan, Norm, and Henry to sanity 
check this request and the referenced documents and give
me an ack that you've done so.

Remaining ACTIONs are:

1.  Richard:  Finalize the implementation report putting it at:
  http://www.w3.org/XML/2004/xinclude-implementation/report.html

2.  Paul:  Send the actual PR request.

3.  Henry:  Help arrange a PR call and ensure that 
            xinclude-team-review@w3.org is still "working".

paul

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Eventually-to: timbl@w3.org, Steve Bratt <steve@w3.org>, 
  w3c-xml-cg <w3c-xml-cg@w3.org>
Eventually-cc: chairs@w3.org, webreq@w3.org, w3t-comm@w3.org,
  w3t-qa@w3.org, Jonathan Marsh <jmarsh@microsoft.com>

The XML Core WG requests publication of the following document 
as a W3C Proposed Recommendation:

XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0
http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2004/07/PR-xinclude/Overview.html

The URL cited above is for the most recent Member-only version of 
the specification, dated 8 September 2004. 

A review version with diffs noted is at
http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2004/07/PR-xinclude/PR-xinclude-20040908-dif
f.html

The XInclude 1.0 specification was published as a Candidate
Recommendation on 13 April 2004. The list of issues that were 
raised and discussed can be found at:
http://www.w3.org/XML/2004/07/ExIT-xinclude/issues.html

The XML Core WG has received two replies from a commentor objecting to 
our response--see issues xi-2 and xi-12.  In each case, the XML Core WG
re-affirmed our original response with the following rationales:
* for xi-2:
   "We decided to leave IRI validation up to the implementation.  ERH
    objects to doing so, but Daniel's implementation is a case in point
    where IRI validation is not feasible." 
* for xi-12:
   "The WG's understanding of the request from I18N and the TAG in
    this area leads us to reconfirm our previous decision."

The WG's decision to request publication as a Proposed Recommendation
was taken during a teleconference on 8 September 2004, minutes may be
found at:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2004Sep/0031

EXITING CR

The CR request was made at
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-core-wg/2004AprJun/0013
Therein, the exit criteria required reports of at least 2 successful 
implementations of the required features defined in this specification 
and at least 1 successful implementation of the following optional 
features:

1.  xml:lang ([language] property) fixup (section 4.5.6)
2.  accept and accept-language attribute handling (section 3.1)

A successful implementation is one that passes the test suite for 
the supported features.

The test suite for XInclude is available at:
http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/XInclude/

The implementation results are available at: 
http://www.w3.org/XML/2004/xinclude-implementation/report.html

The results show two or three implementations of all required features
and at least one implementation of the above two mentioned optional
features; therefore, we have fulfilled our CR exit criteria.


SCHEDULE

We propose that the PR period for XInclude 1.0 last for eight 
weeks from the date of PR publication.


REQUIREMENTS OF TRANSITION

The XML Core WG approved publication during our telcon of 2004 Sept 8:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2004Sep/0031

Changes to the document are highlighted by the review version at
http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2004/07/PR-xinclude/PR-xinclude-20040908-dif
f.html

The WG believes it has addressed all of the requirements in the RD at
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/NOTE-xinclude-19991123

Evidence that issues have been addressed can be seen
in our Disposition of Comments document at
http://www.w3.org/XML/2004/07/ExIT-xinclude/issues.html

A test suite is available at
http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/XInclude/

An Implementation report is at
http://www.w3.org/XML/2004/xinclude-implementation/report.html

Our IPR disclosure page is at
http://www.w3.org/2002/08/xmlcore-IPR-statements 


PROPOSED PR ABSTRACT AND STATUS SECTIONS

Abstract
--------
This document specifies a processing model and syntax for general 
purpose inclusion. Inclusion is accomplished by merging a number 
of XML information sets into a single composite infoset. 
Specification of the XML documents (infosets) to be merged and 
control over the merging process is expressed in XML-friendly 
syntax (elements, attributes, URI references).

Status of this document
-----------------------
This section describes the status of this document at the time 
of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. 
A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of 
this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports 
index at http://www.w3.org/TR/. 

This document is a Proposed Recommendation (PR) of the W3C. This 
document has been produced by the W3C XML Core Working Group as 
part of the XML Activity.

W3C Advisory Committee Members are invited to send formal review 
comments to the W3C Team until 29 October 2004. Review comments 
should be sent to xinclude-team-review@w3.org; comments sent there 
will be made available to members after the review period ends. 
People wanting their comments visible to members sooner, or to 
be archived publicly, can send a cc to the ac-forum list or to 
www-archive@w3.org as appropriate. The public is invited to send 
comments to the public mailing list www-xml-xinclude-comments@w3.org 
(archive). After the review the Director will announce the document's 
disposition. This announcement should not be expected sooner than 
14 days after the end of the review.

This document is based upon the XInclude Candidate Recommendation 
of 13 April 2004. Feedback received during that review resulted in 
clarifications but no major changes. The XML Core Working Group 
believes that this specification addresses all Last Call and Candidate 
Recommendation issues. Known implementations are documented in the 
XInclude Implementation Report. A test suite is also available.

This document has been produced under the 24 January 2002 CPP as 
amended by the W3C Patent Policy Transition Procedure. An individual 
who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes 
contains Essential Claim(s) with respect to this specification 
should disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of 
the W3C Patent Policy. Documentation of intellectual property 
possibly relevant to this specification may be found at the 
Working Group's public IPR disclosure page.

Publication as a Proposed Recommendation does not imply endorsement 
by the W3C membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, 
replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is
inappropriate 
to cite this document as other than work in progress.

A list of current W3C Recommendations and other technical documents 
can be found at http://www.w3.org/TR/.


Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh, chairs of the XML Core WG.

Received on Thursday, 9 September 2004 22:42:58 UTC