Process2020Information

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Process 2020

  • This is applicable from 15 September 2020

Process 2020 is taking effect today, 15 September 2020. Here's the major points you need to know:

1. Candidate Recommendation as you know it is now called Candidate Recommendation Snapshot. Various spec templates have been changed. Please make sure you're on the latest ReSpec or Bikeshed builds.

2. Other changes to the spec development Process are additive. Aside from updating to the latest spec templates, there is nothing that you *need* to do differently.

3. A new status, Candidate Recommendation Draft, is available. A WG can publish CRDs at-will (similar to WDs) in between CR snapshots in order to keep /TR up-to-date with the latest changes.

  • CRDs are expected to have the same level of quality as a CR, must represent WG consensus, and are protected as WDs under the Patent Policy.
  • CRs have been generally required to document substantive changes from the previous publication; for CRDs, the list of changes should be against the most recent CR Snapshot (and for CRSs, since the previous Snapshot).

4. There is now an amendment process for RECs. WGs can annotate RECs with inline errata and/or intended changes and republish them with those annotations, and there's a process for getting the changes approved and folded into an updated REC.

  • You can also annotate WDs and CRs with candidate changes using the same markup as for REC amendments, in case that seems useful.

Process 2020 makes it easier than ever to publish your latest work on /TR, even for CRs and RECs. Publish early, publish often, and don't hesitate to ask your Staff Contact for help.

Process 2020

Process 2020 AC Presentation

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