The document which accepts the this issue, creating it as an issue. That document is expected (today) to include information about where it was raised (URI), who raised it (the issue author), and on what date. acceptance No semantics apart from human understanding. no state change The spec that has this problem The entity who raised the issue, who could be a Working Group, Person, Member organization, Liaison, etc. This document rejects the issue, which must have been open A closed issue is re-openned. This document closes (resolves) the issue, which must have been open The source of the issue (e.g., URI to mail message where raised) A summary of a message eg a description of a problem from an opening message or a description of a resolution from a closing message Short title, less than one line