Section 7.3.3 Stopping work on a Specification currently says, "If the Director closes a Working Group W3C must publish any unfinished specifications on the Recommendation track as Working Group Notes. If a Working group decides, or the Director requires, the Working Group to discontinue work on a technical report before completion, the Working Group should publish the document as a Working Group Note." It would be more clear if it said, "If the Director closes a Working Group W3C must publish any unfinished specifications on the Recommendation track as Working Group Notes. If a Working group decides to discontinue work on a technical report before completion, the Working Group should publish the document as a Working Group Note. If the Director requires the Working Group to discontinue work on a technical report before completion and the Working Group fails to publish unfinished work as a Working Group Note, W3C must publish any unfinished specifications as Working Group Notes." This is more verbose, but is also more accurate. [It has been noted that the third "If" above has not yet occurred in practice and that if it did there are other ways (like refusing to renew a charter) to encourage a functioning WG to fulfill their "should publish" obligation. ] Steve Zilles
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