ISSUE-259: Should we switch the Content Transformation Guidelines to a normative document?

Informative or Normative

Should we switch the Content Transformation Guidelines to a normative document?

State:

CLOSED

Product:

Guidelines for Web Content Transformation Proxies

Raised by:

François Daoust

Opened on:

2008-06-13

Description:

Raised as an issue so that we do not forget to address this during the F2F in Sophia.

The Content Transformation Guidelines document is an informative recommendation.
Should we switch the document to "normative" instead?

Major differences:
- conformance is not possible against an informative document
- informative documents are not well protected by the Patent Policy in the sense that nothing constitutes an "Essential Claim" in an informative document.

To be kept in mind:
- switching requires a new charter, which basically means re-creating the Working Group
- there must be 150 days between a first publication as a normative document and the publication as Proposed Recommendation.

Related Actions Items:

• ACTION-756 on François Daoust to Seek further legal advice on the patent issues around CT - due 2008-05-22, closed
• ACTION-757 on Sean Patterson to Seek opinion on CT Patent issue - due 2008-05-22, closed

Related emails:

1. [minutes] BPWG F2F in Sophia, day 1 (from fd@w3.org on 2008-06-17)
2. Content Transformation Guidelines - preparation for the F2F (from fd@w3.org on 2008-06-13)
3. ISSUE-259 (Informative or Normative): Should we switch the Content Transformation Guidelines to a normative document? [Content Transformation Guidelines] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2008-06-13)

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