Re: SVG2 Accessibility User Agent Implementation Guide

On 31/03/2014 2:51 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> Could you explain why the SVG WG and PFWG cannot, like other groups 
> do, publish the document jointly, or how that would be worse if the 
> goal is to maximise chances that the result can be implemented 
> royality-free? 
One very simple reason is a matter of chartered deliverables: the 
current SVG charter [1] does not include the proposed work in its 
deliverables, while the pending PF charter [2] does.

Beyond that, we have found that the process is more complicated when 
other groups co-publish documents. The model that has worked best for PF 
is to have co-approval but not co-publishing.

We are still in the stages of exploring formation of a task force, so we 
have before us a proposal from the PFWG. If the SVG WG feels strongly 
that it should co-publish, we can have that discussion. We probably 
would want to take it to a joint telecon to hash it out. If the decision 
were to go that way, I think the SVG WG would need to add the 
deliverable to its charter, so that may be a consideration.

Michael

[1] http://www.w3.org/2007/11/SVG_rechartering/SVG-WG-charter.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/2012/10/draft-pfwg-charter

Received on Monday, 31 March 2014 20:54:19 UTC