- From: Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:58:51 -0500
- To: timbl@w3.org, ralph@w3.org, plh@w3.org
- CC: public-xml-processing-model-wg@w3.org, w3t-comm@w3.org, chairs@w3.org, Henry Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
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The XML Processing Model WG requests transition of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language available at http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/docs/PR-xproc-20100309/ to a Proposed Recommendation. The URL cited above is for a staged publication-ready PR draft dated 9 March 2010 in anticipation of publication. That directory is set up to be published by moving it to http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/PR-xproc-20100309/ The XProc specification had been published on 5 January 2010 at http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xproc-20100105/ as a third Last Call. The LC review period ended 2 February 2010. The LC comments have been considered and resolved, a notification of the resolution sent to every commentor, and acceptance of the resolution by each commentor is recorded in the DoC at http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2010/01/lc-comments/ The XProc specification had previously been published on 28 May 2009 at http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/CR-xproc-20090528/ as a Candidate Recommendation. Reports from implementors about the CR draft were positive. During the course of CR, we encountered significant community feedback about the language versioning story. Although the feedback was not strictly speaking from implementors, the WG was persuaded to revisit that part of the specification and to address the concerns expressed. We returned to Last Call after making these changes in order to give the community opportunity to review them. Because of the previous successful CR, the XML Processing Model WG is, at this time, requesting a transition directly to PR. (The DoC for the previous CR draft can be found at http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2008/11/cr-comments/) As indicated in the Implementation Report at http://tests.xproc.org/results/comparison.html the implementation feedback has been positive. A review version with changes highlighted is available as referenced in the "This document is also available in these non-normative formats" section of the latest draft document. There have been no changes in patent disclosures since LC: http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/18796/status#disclosures (there are no disclosures). The WG's decision to request transition to Proposed Recommendation was taken during a teleconference on 25 February 2010 whose minutes may be found at http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2010/02/25-minutes SCHEDULE We propose a publication date of 9 March 2010. IMPLEMENTATION REPORT There is an Implementation Report at http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2010/02/ir.html PROPOSED PR TITLE, ABSTRACT AND STATUS SECTIONS XProc: An XML Pipeline Language Abstract This specification describes the syntax and semantics of XProc: An XML Pipeline Language, a language for describing operations to be performed on XML documents. An XML Pipeline specifies a sequence of operations to be performed on zero or more XML documents. Pipelines generally accept zero or more XML documents as input and produce zero or more XML documents as output. Pipelines are made up of simple steps which perform atomic operations on XML documents and constructs similar to conditionals, iteration, and exception handlers which control which steps are executed. 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 is a Proposed Recommendation for review by W3C members and other interested parties. This document is a product of the XML Processing Model Working Group which is part of the W3C 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=xproc. Though the previous version of this document was a Last Call Working Draft, there was an earlier Candidate Recommendation version of this document that has already resulting in successful implementation feedback. Given that the changes to this draft do not affect the validity of that earlier implementation feedback, except in specific areas also now covered by more recent implementation feedback, the Working Group is now publishing this version as a Proposed Recommendation. There is an Implementation Report for XProc. W3C Advisory Committee Representatives are invited to submit their formal review per the instructions in the Call for Review (see Advisory Committee questionnaires). The review period ends on 15 April 2010. Members of the public are also invited to send comments on this Proposed Recommendation to the public mailing list public-xml-processing-model-comments@w3.org (public archives are available). This specification implements all of the requirements documented in [XProc Requirements]. 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. 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. 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