Flowchart: Process for producing a W3C Recommendation
First Public Working Draft - Exclusion Opportunity
First WD
WG Decision
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
Publish as a Note
WG Decision, e.g. stop work for lack of interest
Publishing a Working Group Note from a document not on the Recommendation Track
WG Decision to publish information
Working Group Note
Note
Publish as a Note
WG Decision, e.g. for new implementation
Candidate recommendation - Patent Policy Exclusion Opportunity
CR
Publish a revised CR
Working Group Decision,
Directors approval for
substantive changes
Advance to Proposed Recommendation
Director's approval
Return to Working Draft
WG or Director decision
e.g. for further review
Publish as a Note
WG Decision,
e.g. stop work for lack of interest
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
Publish as a Note
Advisory Committee Review,
Director's Decision
e.g. to stop work towards a Recommendation
W3C Recommendation
REC