DRAFT #2: Transition Request: PER Request for XML 1.0 5th Edition

Here is my second (and hopefully final) draft PER request 
for XML 1.0 5th Edition.

The only @@@ to complete is the date that Francois makes
available the final PER-ready draft.

paul

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The XML Core WG requests transition of 
  Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition)
available at
http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2008/01/PER-xml-20080205/ 
to a Proposed Edited Recommendation (PER).  

The URL cited above is for the most recent Member-only version 
of the specification as of @@ January 2008 but tentatively        @@@
targeted for publication on 05 February 2008, and designed 
to be published by having the directory moved over to
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PER-xml-20080205/ 
in its entirety.

XML 1.0 Fourth Edition was published on 16 August 2006 
at http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-20060816/
as a Recommendation.  All changes to the document are 
recorded in the XML 1.0 4th Edition Specification Errata 
document at http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-V10-4e-errata .
A diff-marked review copy of this PER is available at
http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2008/01/PER-xml-20080205/PER-xml-20080205-re
view.html
(member only now, but this will become public when the 
PER is published).

The WG's decision to request publication as a PER was taken 
during a WG telcon on 2008 January 16 whose minutes may be found at
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2008Jan/0040


SCHEDULE

We propose a publication date of 5 February 2008.

We propose that the PER period lasts from the date of publication
until 16 May 2008. 


PROPOSED PER TITLE, ABSTRACT AND STATUS SECTIONS

Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition)

Abstract
--------
The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a subset of SGML that is 
completely described in this document. Its goal is to enable generic 
SGML to be served, received, and processed on the Web in the way 
that is now possible with HTML. XML has been designed for ease of 
implementation and for interoperability with both SGML and HTML.

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 specifies a syntax created by subsetting an existing, 
widely used international text processing standard (Standard 
Generalized Markup Language, ISO 8879:1986(E) as amended and 
corrected) for use on the World Wide Web. It is a product of the 
XML Core Working Group as part of the XML Activity. The English 
version of this specification is the only normative version. 
However, for translations of this document, see 
http://www.w3.org/2003/03/Translations/byTechnology?technology=xml.

This document is a Proposed Edited Recommendation of the W3C. 
This fifth edition is not a new version of XML. As a convenience 
to readers, it incorporates the changes dictated by the accumulated 
errata (available at http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-V10-4e-errata) to 
the Fourth Edition of XML 1.0, dated 16 August 2006. In particular, 
erratum [PE160] relaxes the restrictions on element and attribute 
names, thereby providing in XML 1.0 the major end user benefit 
currently achievable only by using XML 1.1.

W3C Advisory Committee Members are invited to send formal review 
comments to the W3C Team until 16 May 2008. Advisory Committee 
Representatives should consult their WBS questionnaires. The public 
is invited to send comments on this document to xml-editor@w3.org; 
public archives are available. For the convenience of readers, an 
XHTML version with color-coded revision indicators is also provided; 
this version highlights each change due to an erratum published in 
the errata list, together with a link to the particular erratum in 
that list. Most of the errata in the list provide a rationale for 
the change.

The XML Core WG wishes to ensure continued universal interoperability 
for XML 1.0. To this end, the WG will not request that this Fifth 
Edition of XML 1.0 become a Recommendation until the following criteria 
are satisfied:

1. At least three months have passed since the publication of this PER.

2. There are at least three implementations that pass the test suite 
   for each of the errata that have been newly applied to the 5th
   Edition.

A preliminary implementation report is available at 
http://www.w3.org/XML/2008/01/xml10-5e-implementation.html. 
A Test Suite is maintained to help assessing conformance to 
this specification.

Publication as a Proposed Edited 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.

W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in 
connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also 
includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual 
who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes 
contains Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in 
accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy.


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

Received on Wednesday, 16 January 2008 17:20:53 UTC