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Many W3C contributors face a tension between using familiar and
productive tools for development and using standard, web-friendly
formats for wider collaboration. The W3C Media Wiki allows most common
document formats, but the following guidelines may help you choose
appropriate formats.

* Consider Visibility 
  Using standard formats like HTML promotes the
  visibility of your work. The more easily people can view your work,
  the better your chances are of getting crucial feedback.

* Consider Addressability 
  Most feedback cycles benefit from specific
  references to locations in documents. This simplifies and improves
  accuracy both for those who which to provide feedback and those who
  need to incorporate this feedback.

* Consider Efficacy 
  We all want to be as productive as possible.
  You may have to balance the value of public feedback against your
  productiveness with a particular tool. If you select a tool that
  compromises on the above points, consider making alternate versions
  available.

* Consider Ability to Index
  Open Formats are more readily indexable by search engines than proprietary 
  formats.  If you use a format that is not indexed consider exporting a version 
  in an open format (HTML, PDF, etc.) that can be crawled and indexed so people 
  will find it.  
 
If the format you wish to publish is rejected by the wiki, please
consider whether there is a more appropriate format, and then propose
to your team contact that the W3C Media Wiki permit this format.

Remember, all W3C Technical Reports, Submissions and Notes are
published in HTML.