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Note that “Candidate” means “eligible” for further-advancement consideration
Fixes #402. This change makes “Candidate Recommendation” an accurate term even in the case where a Working Group has indicated they don’t intend to advance to REC.
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and that no further refinement to the text is expected
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without additional implementation experience and testing;
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however, additional features might be expected in a later revision.
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A [=Candidate Recommendation=] is expected to be as well-written,
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The word <em>Candidate</em> in [=Candidate Recommendation=] signals
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that the document is <em>eligible</em> for evaluation against the
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requirements for further advancement — but does not indicate that
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the Working Group is necessarily <em>intending</em> further advancement,
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nor that the Working Group necessarily believes the document already meets
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the requirements for further advancement. But a [=Candidate Recommendation=]
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is expected to be as well-written,
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detailed,
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self-consistent,
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and technically complete
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as a [=Recommendation=],
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and acceptable as such
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if and when the requirements for further advancement are met.
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if and when the requirements for further advancement <em>are</em> met.
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Candidate Recommendation publications take one of two forms:
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