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

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

Elliott Bradshaw Elliott.Bradshaw at Zoran.com
Wed Jan 7 16:21:24 EST 2004


That sounds like a good plan.

  -Elliott


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xp at pwg.org [mailto:owner-xp at pwg.org] On Behalf Of 
> BIGELOW,JIM (HP-Boise,ex1)
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:14 PM
> To: xp at 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 at hp.com  

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




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