• The Chair sends a transition request to the Domain Lead
• The document is published (email to the Webmaster)
• The chair sends an announcement to the W3C chairs mailing list and to the Working Group.

(From http://www.w3.org/2005/08/01-transitions.html )

• Record the group's decision to request advancement.
• Fulfill the relevant requirements of the Working Group charter and those of any accompanying requirements documents, or report which relevant requirements have not been fulfilled.
• Indicate which dependencies with other groups the Working Group believes it has satisfied, and report which dependencies have not been satisfied.

(From http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr#last-call )

• Preparation of mailing list for comments.

(From http://www.w3.org/2005/08/01-transitions.html )

• Record the group's decision to request advancement.
• Fulfill the relevant requirements of the Working Group charter and those of any accompanying requirements documents, or report which relevant requirements have not been fulfilled.
• Indicate which dependencies with other groups the Working Group believes it has satisfied, and report which dependencies have not been satisfied.

(From http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr#last-call )

• Preparation of mailing list for comments.

(From http://www.w3.org/2005/08/01-transitions.html )

A Working Group develops the document during this period. Public review and feedback to the Working Group is welcome during this period. (from http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Process-19991111/tr.html#RecsWD )

• Nominated working group participant gathers all comments onto a web page; ensures the working group reviews and responds to them.
• F2F3 on 2013-04-11 and 2013-04-12 will be used to review comments.

• Resolution by the Working Group to request the transition.
• Notification of W3C working groups with dependencies that a Last Call is coming.
• Request for the transition meeting, to include:
  • Record of the Working Group's decision to request the transition
  • Record of important changes to the document
  • Evidence that the document satisfies the Working Group's requirements
  • Evidence that dependencies with other groups are met (or not)
  • Evidence that the document has received wide review
  • Evidence that issues have been formally addressed
  • Objections
  • Implementation information
  • Patent disclosures

(from http://www.w3.org/2005/08/01-transitions.html )

• Gather implementations.

(from http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr#cfi )

• Note: When a Working Group "skips CR", then for the transition to Proposed Recommendation, the Working Group must satisfy both the requirements to advance to CR and to advance to PR.

(from http://www.w3.org/2005/08/01-transitions.html#transreq )

• Request for transition, which asks the Working Group to:
  • Record the group's decision to request advancement.
  • Provide public documentation of all changes (both substantive and minor) to the technical report since the previous step. A substantive change (whether deletion, inclusion, or other modification) is one where someone could reasonably expect that making the change would invalidate an individual's review or implementation experience. Other changes (e.g., clarifications, bug fixes, editorial repairs, and minor error corrections) are minor changes.
  • Report which, if any, of the Working Group's requirements for this document have changed since the previous step.
  • Report any changes in dependencies with other groups.
  • Show evidence of wide review.
  • Formally address all issues raised about the document since the previous step.
  • Report any Formal Objections.

(from http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr#transition-reqs )

• Additionally, the Working Group has:
  • Shown that each feature of the technical report has been implemented. Preferably, the Working Group SHOULD be able to demonstrate two interoperable implementations of each feature. If the Director believes that immediate Advisory Committee review is critical to the success of a technical report, the Director MAY accept to Call for Review of a Proposed Recommendation even without adequate implementation experience;
  • Satisfied any other announced entrance criteria (e.g., any included in the request to advance to Candidate Recommendation, or announced at Last Call if the Working Group does not intend to issue a Call for Implementations).

(from http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr#cfi )

• The announcement begins a review period that MUST last at least four weeks.
• During the review period, the Working Group requests endorsement and support from Members (e.g., testimonials as part of a press release).

(from http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr#cfr )

(from http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr#rec-publication )