From 151bf3041883387c9dce003adb5ba2c971b483a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sideshowbarker Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 05:59:44 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Note=20that=20=E2=80=9CCandidate=E2=80=9D=20mea?= =?UTF-8?q?ns=20=E2=80=9Celigible=E2=80=9D=20for=20further-advancement=20c?= =?UTF-8?q?onsideration?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Fixes https://github.com/w3c/process/issues/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. --- index.bs | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index 11e5dc79..31c255a1 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -3316,13 +3316,20 @@ Maturity Stages on the Recommendation Track and that no further refinement to the text is expected without additional implementation experience and testing; however, additional features might be expected in a later revision. - A [=Candidate Recommendation=] is expected to be as well-written, + The word Candidate in [=Candidate Recommendation=] signals + that the document is eligible for evaluation against the + requirements for further advancement — but does not indicate that + the Working Group is necessarily intending further advancement, + nor that the Working Group necessarily believes the document already meets + the requirements for further advancement. But a [=Candidate Recommendation=] + is expected to be as well-written, detailed, self-consistent, and technically complete as a [=Recommendation=], and acceptable as such - if and when the requirements for further advancement are met. + if and when the requirements for further advancement are met. + Candidate Recommendation publications take one of two forms: