Transition Request: XInclude 1.1 to Candidate Recommendation

The XML Core WG requests transition of
XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.1
currently staged at
http://www.w3.org/XML/2013/09/xinclude-11/
to a Candidate Recommendation.

The URL cited above is for the most recent draft
version of the draft as of 2 October 2013, designed to
be published on October 8 by having the directory
moved over to
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/CR-xinclude-11-20131008/
in its entirety.  We believe it satisfies all relevant
pubrules.

A version with color-coded revision indicators comparing this
draft to the XInclude 1.1 Last Call draft is available at
http://www.w3.org/XML/2013/09/xinclude-11/diff.html

A version with color-coded revision indicators comparing this
draft to the XInclude 1.0 Recommendation is available at
http://www.w3.org/XML/2013/09/xinclude-11/diff10.html

The Last Call version of this document is at
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-xinclude-11-20130115/
The Last Call period ended 22 February 2013. This CR draft
reflects changes due to the Last Call comments, none of
which were substantive; all the resolutions of those comments
were accepted by the commentors as noted in the Disposition of
Comments document at
http://www.w3.org/XML/2013/05/xinclude-11-lc-doc/

The associated requirements document is
XInclude 1.1 Requirement and Use Cases
at
http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/NOTE-xinclude-11-requirements-20120214/

The WG's decision to request transition to CR was taken
during a WG telcon on October 2 whose minutes may be found at
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2013Oct/0008


SCHEDULE

We propose a publication date of 8 October 2013 (if we can
get the transition approved in time).


PROPOSED TITLE, ABSTRACT AND STATUS SECTIONS

XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.1

Abstract
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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
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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 is a Candidate Recommendation of XInclude 1.1 for review by
W3C Members and other interested parties. The Last Call period
ended 22 February 2013. This draft reflects changes due to the
Last Call comments, none of which were substantive; all the
resolutions of those comments were accepted by the commentors
as noted in the Disposition of Comments document.

XInclude 1.1 adds some upward-compatible enhancements to the
XInclude 1.0 Recommendation as discussed in the XInclude 1.1
Requirement and Use Cases document. The three key enhancements
can be summarized as follows:

* added support for a fragment identifier into text/plain content,

* additional processing to allow for "annotating" the post-included
   infoset with further information, and

* allow implementations the flexibility to support additional |parse|
   values.

This document has been produced by the W3C XML Core Working Group 
<http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/> as
part of the XML Activity <http://www.w3.org/XML/Activity>. The Working 
Group expects to advance this
Candidate Recommendation to Recommendation Status. We expect to exit
the CR period with at least two interoperable implementations of all
the features being added as part of XInclude 1.1. We will not exit
CR before 8 November 2013 by which time we do expect to have sufficient
implementation experience.

Please send comments about this document to the public
www-xml-xinclude-comments@w3.org mailing list; archives are available.

Publication as a Candidate 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.

Known implementations are documented in the XInclude Implementation
Report at http://www.w3.org/XML/2013/10/xinclude-11-impl-report/. A
Test Suite is maintained at 
http://www.w3.org/XML/2013/10/xinclude-11-test-suite/
to help in assessing conformance to this specification. The latest release
of the Test Suite includes new test cases which implementers can use
to check their conformance to the changes included in this new edition.

This document was produced by a group operating under the 5 February 2004
W3C Patent Policy. 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.