XP Mail Archive: RE: XP> XHTML-Print becomes a W3C Candidate

RE: XP> XHTML-Print becomes a W3C Candidate Recommendation, how long before it becomes a Proposed Recommendation?

From: Elliott Bradshaw (Elliott.Bradshaw@Zoran.com)
Date: Wed Jan 07 2004 - 16:21:24 EST

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    That sounds like a good plan.

      -Elliott

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: owner-xp@pwg.org [mailto:owner-xp@pwg.org] On Behalf Of
    > BIGELOW,JIM (HP-Boise,ex1)
    > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:14 PM
    > To: xp@pwg.org
    > Subject: XP> XHTML-Print becomes a W3C Candidate
    > Recommendation, how long before it becomes a Proposed Recommendation?
    >
    >
    > Hello,
    >
    > The W3C version of XHTML-Print [1] will be published as a
    > Candidate Recommendation early in January.
    >
    > The W3C requires 2 interoperable implementations and a test
    > suite to validate conformance.
    >
    > The question I tried to answer in today's HTML WG phone
    > conference is how long to wait for 2 conforming
    > implementations. The way the W3C works is the spec cannot
    > become a Proposed Rec before the wait period elapses.
    >
    > I think it is better to shorten the transition period as much
    > as feasible to give stability to the spec. But if it is too
    > short, company's would not have time to implement and be
    > comfortable announcing a product.
    >
    >
    > The consensus was a minimum period of six months with the
    > conformance test suite as soon as possible.
    >
    > Does anyone or any company care to comment on this?
    >
    > Jim
    >
    > --
    > Jim Bigelow,
    > Editor: XHTML-Print & CSS Print Profile
    > W3C HTML and CSS Working Groups
    > http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-print/
    http://www.w3.org/TR/css-print/ Hewlett-Packard 208-396-2068
    jim.bigelow@hp.com

    [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-print/



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