[Transition Request] Request to transition XProc 2.0: An XML Pipeline Language and XProc 2.0: Standard Step Library to First Public Working Draft

The XML Processing Model Working Group requests approval to transition
two specifications to First Public Working Draft: XProc 2.0: An XML
Pipeline Language, and XProc 2.0: Standard Step Library.

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Title        : XProc 2.0: An XML Pipeline Language
Short Name   : xproc20
Description  : This specification describes the syntax and semantics of
               XProc 2.0: An XML Pipeline Language, a language for
               describing operations to be performed on documents.
TR Categories: XML
Publication URI: http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-xproc20-20141216/
Latest version URI: http://www.w3.org/TR/xproc20
Editors' Draft URI: http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/staging/WD-xproc20-20141216/

We hope to publish this document on 16 December 2014. The pubrules
clean document staged at the Editor's draft location is what we plan
to publish.

== Document Abstract ==

This specification describes the syntax and semantics of XProc 2.0: An
XML Pipeline Language, a language for describing operations to be
performed on documents.

An XML Pipeline specifies a sequence of operations to be performed on
documents. Pipelines generally accept documents as input and produce
documents as output. Pipelines are made up of simple steps which
perform atomic operations on documents and constructs similar to
conditionals, iteration, and exception handlers which control which
steps are executed.

== Document Status section ==

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/.

Publication as a First Public Working Draft 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.
The significant changes in this draft are summarized in Appendix J,
Change Log.

This document is a product of the XML Processing Model Working Group
as part of the W3C XML Activity. This draft is a first attempt to
address some of the requirements of [XProc V2.0 Requirements]. It is
in many ways substantially incomplete. The Working Group is publishing
it in order to establish an intended direction and to provide an
official opportunity for comment.

Please report errors in this document by raising issues on the
specification repository. Alternatively, you may report errors in this
document to the public mailing list
public-xml-processing-model-comments@w3.org (public archives are
available).

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.

This document is governed by the 14 October 2005 W3C Process Document.

== Delta specification ==

This is not a delta specification.

== Record of the decision to request the transition ==

The XML Processing Model Working Group agreed to request this transition in
the WG telcon of 10 December 2014
http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2014/12/10-minutes#item03

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Title        : XProc 2.0: Standard Step Library
Short Name   : xproc20-steps
Description : This specification describes the standard step
              vocabulary of XProc 2.0: An XML Pipeline Language.
TR Categories: XML
Publication URI: http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-xproc20-steps-20141216/
Latest version URI: http://www.w3.org/TR/xproc20-steps
Editors' Draft URI: http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/staging/WD-xproc20-steps-20141216/

We hope to publish this document on 16 December 2014. The pubrules
clean document staged at the Editor's draft location is what we plan
to publish.

== Document Abstract ==

This specification describes the standard step vocabulary of XProc
2.0: An XML Pipeline Language.

== Document Status section ==

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/.

Publication as a First Public Working Draft 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 is a product of the XML Processing Model Working Group
as part of the W3C XML Activity. This draft is a first attempt to
address some of the requirements of [XProc V2.0 Requirements]. It is
in many ways substantially incomplete. The Working Group is publishing
it in order to establish an intended direction and to provide an
official opportunity for comment.

Please report errors in this document by raising issues on the
specification repository. Alternatively, you may report errors in this
document to the public mailing list
public-xml-processing-model-comments@w3.org (public archives are
available).

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.

This document is governed by the 14 October 2005 W3C Process Document.

== Delta specification ==

This is not a delta specification.

== Record of the decision to request the transition ==

The XML Processing Model Working Group agreed to request this transition in
the WG telcon of 10 December 2014
http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2014/12/10-minutes#item03

Sincerely,
Norman Walsh
For the XML Processing Model Working Group