Margaret Wasserman wrote:
I think that we should be careful about adding any more steps to the
standards publication process, so I will personally tend to push back on
any steps that do not, IMO, add significant value.
Ah, yes. Thank you (and other ADs) for doing so.
Today, we do not have an explicit check that a WG work item that has
been submitted for publication matches a WG charter milestone or is
otherwise within the WG charter. There is an implicit check during AD
review, perhaps, but not an explicit one.
I would like to see such an explicit check added, so I personally agree
that it would be a good addition to the PROTO questionnaire for the WG
chair to state what WG milestone is represented by a particular document
and/or otherwise explain how the document is in-charter for the WG. I
think that we should consider this addition if/when the PROTO process is
updated.
Others may disagree, of course.
I THINK I understand what Margaret is saying here, but two points pop
into my mind:
- it is good (see previous Thank You) that the PROTO questionaire does
not capture the entire WG standards process, not only because this
becomes a long checklist that is easily treated out as a formalism, but
also because
- if this check matters, having it come up as "no" on a publication
checklist after the working group thinks the work item has been
completed is WAY late on the scale of "late surprises".
I note from time to time that there doesn't seem to be much detail about
"becoming a working group document" in our process BCPs (there's
actually a lot more in the working group chairs/working group leadership
EDU tutorial, but most of this postdates the BCPs). If we go here,
perhaps this would be one right time to ask the question?
If we do go here, I like the "or otherwise explain how the document is
in-charter for the WG" text. If a working group sees a document and says
"this is obviously the right thing to do, and we agree, so let's publish
it", there's no reason to respin a charter just to forward a document
for publication. But writing down why we think publishing is the right
thing to do, would be useful.
Spencer
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