Boyd Fletcher wrote: > > > On 8/15/07 5:34 PM, "Peter Saint-Andre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Boyd Fletcher wrote: >>> In the W3, they publish in the internal working groups multiple versions of >>> specs for a standard that then hash it out. I think we need a similar >>> process. >> Sure, people here can publish things on their own websites and we can >> use those as input to the design process. But I don't think it's a great >> idea to publish those as XEPs because developers will just get confused. >> (No, lots of developers don't look at the spec in enough detail to see >> that it's labelled "Informational" or whatever.) >> > > so let's create a formal process for doing draft proposals like the W3 and > IETF both have.
Feel free to propose a formal process based on your experience working in the W3C. (I don't know if different W3 activities operate in different ways -- are you able to disclose which activities you have worked on and how they operated, at least in a general fashion?) Based on my experience in the IETF since 2002, I am not familiar with a formal process for doing draft proposals there. You just publish an Internet-Draft, others may propose similar or competing I-Ds, and you hash it out on mailing lists and at in-person meetings. Hmm, that sounds awfully familiar... I assume that your proposed process would fall under the definition of a "Special Interest Group" as described in Section 8.2 of the XSF Bylaws: http://www.xmpp.org/xsf/docs/bylaws.shtml But that you would propose a specific process to be followed by SIGs. >>> I think we need a more organized approach to developing complex XEPs. >> Most of the complex specifications we've developed have benefited from >> an in-person meeting where various parties could hash things out in real >> time (e.g., we had one of those for pubsub in 2002). Perhaps that would >> make sense for the whiteboarding / shared editing domain. >> > > I agree a meeting is in order, but I also think a formal working group > should be established See above. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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