Flowchart: Revising a W3C Recommendation
A Recommendation can be revised. If the changes are editorial it only needs the Director's approval of the Working Group Decision. If they are substantive, but there are no new features, it needs to be represented as a Candidate Recommendation, but if there are new features it needs to begin again as a First Public Working Draft.
First Public Working Draft - Exclusion Opportunity
First WD
WG Decision
Director's approval
Working Draft
WD
Publish a New Working Draft
WG Decision: review needed, or
No change for 6 months
Advance to Candidate Recommendation
Director's approval
Candidate recommendation - Patent Policy Exclusion Opportunity
CR
Publish a revised CR
Working Group Decision,
Directors approval
Advance to Proposed Recommendation
Director's approval
Return to Working Draft
WG or Director decision
e.g. for further review
Proposed Recommendation - Advisory Committee Review
PR
Advance to Recommendation
Advisory Committee Review
Director's Decision
Return to Working Draft
AC Review,
Director Decision
e.g. for minor changes
Return to Working Draft
Advisory Committee review and Director's Decision, e.g. for further work and review
W3C Recommendation
REC
Proposed change to a Recommendation
Initial maturity levels for a modification
Substantive
Changes?
Only editorial changes: Edited Recommendation
No
Director'sapproval
Yes
New
Features?
No new features - return to Candidate Recommendation
No
Director'sapproval
Yes