How to make or withdraw a DOM Bindings Submission request

This document explains how someone send Submission requests to the DOM public mailing list, or withdraw them. The DOM Bindings Submission process allows anyone to propose DOM bindings for consideration for the DOM repository. The formal process affords Submitters a record of their contribution and gives them a mechanism for disclosing the details of the transaction with the W3C (including IPR claims).

Introduction

note of the editor: This document was inspired by How to make or withdraw a Member Submission request (member only).

Preparing the Submission request

Submitters are encouraged to prepare a Submission request by following the DOM Bindings Submission template. The request must include the following information:

Complete electronic copies of any documents submitted for consideration. If the Submission request is acknowledged, these documents will be published in the DOM repository and therefore must satisfy the W3C DOM publication rules.
The list of all Submitters.
Position statements from all Submitters (gathered by one of the Submitter). All position statements must appear in a separate document.

The Submission request must also address the following questions:

What is the Submitter's position towards any intellectual property rights (IPR) associated with the technology? Any answer (from "we place this in the public domain" to "we have a patent on this") is legitimate, but the answer will affect the Team's decision to validate the Submission request.
What proprietary technology is required to implement the bindings addressed by the request, and what terms are associated with its use? Again, many answers are possible, but the specific answer will affect the W3C Team's decision.
What resources, if any, does the Submitter intend to make available if the W3C accept the bindings and takes action on it?
What mechanisms are there to make changes to the bindings being submitted? This includes, but is not limited to, stating where change control will reside if the request is acknowledged.
What are the advantages to standardize the bindings for the Web community?
Are you aware of more than one DOM implementation in the submitted language and, if yes, is there a real desire to have interoperabilities from all the parties? Please provide links to the known implementations.

Sending the DOM Bindings Submission request

The Submitter (one or more Submitters represented by one of them) sends the DOM Bindings Submission request to www-dom@w3.org. When several Submitters participate in a DOM Bindings Submission request, only one must send the request. The other submitters must be copied on the request.

In separate email to www-dom@w3.org, others submitters must confirm their support of the DOM Bindings Submission request. This email should not contain the original DOM Bindings Submission package.

Reception of the DOM Bindings Submission request

The Team should notify the Submitter promptly that the DOM Bindings Submission package has been received. If for any reason the DOM Bindings Submission request is deemed incomplete or incorrect by the W3C Team (e.g., the DOM Bindings Submission package lacks information, confirmations of position statements have not been received, etc.) The W3C Team must send a validation notice to the Submitter as soon as the Team has reviewed any Submission request and judged it complete and correct.

Prior to acknowledgment, the Submitter must not, under any circumstances, refer to a document as "submitted as a DOM Bindings" or "under consideration for the DOM Bindings repository" or any similar phrase in communication. The Submitter must not imply in public communication that W3C is working (with the Submitter) on the material in the DOM Bindings Submission request. The Submitter may publish the documents in the DOM Bindings Submission request prior to acknowledgment (without reference to the DOM Bindings Submission request).

Withdrawing a DOM Bindings Submission request

At any time prior to acknowledgment, any Submitter may withdraw support for a DOM Bindings Submission request by sending a request to withdraw to www-dom@w3.org. The request must include the name of the Submitter and the subject of the DOM Bindings Submission request. The request may include rationale for the withdrawal, but this is not required.

A DOM Bindings Submission request is "withdrawn" when no submitting Members support it.

W3C DOM Publication rules

You will need to provide an XHTML1.0 documentation of your bindings with any appropriate related files (programming language source files, copyright files, ...). All XHTML1.0 documents must be XHTML1.0 and CSS2 valid, without broken links, and conformant to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, Level A. Use the WCAG 1.0 Checklist (5 May 1999 version). There must be an absolute link to the W3C TR base style sheet as follows. Any internal style sheets are cascaded before this link; i.e. the internal style sheets must not override the W3C tech report styles.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
    href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/base" />

The W3C name cannot be used in the documentation and the package name cannot contain "w3c".

Each file must contain the following statement:

This document do not imply endorsement by, or the consensus of, either W3C or members of the W3C DOM working group.

Philippe Le Hégaret, DOM Activity Lead
$Date: 2001/02/22 19:38:31 $

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