W3C 文档状态

W3C document states

在 W3C 创建的标准中，他们是否有一组在成为标准之前要经历的状态，这些状态是什么？

例如HTML 5.1 currently is in Working Draft.

啊，我想我只是在 Consortium/Process 上找到了答案，打开的标签太多了！

The W3C Recommendation track:

  1. Working Draft
    A Working Draft generally represents work in progress and a commitment by W3C to pursue work in a particular area. The label "Working Draft" does not imply consensus within W3C about the document.

  2. Candidate Recommendation
    A Candidate Recommendation is a stable Working Draft that the Director has proposed to the community for implementation experience and feedback.

  3. Proposed Recommendation
    A Proposed Recommendation is a Candidate Recommendation that has benefitted from implementation experience and has been sent to the Advisory Committee for review.

  4. Recommendation
    A Recommendation reflects consensus within W3C, as represented by the Director's approval. W3C considers that the ideas or technology specified by a Recommendation are appropriate for widespread deployment and promote W3C's mission.

该流程通常链接在 "Status of This Document" 部分。

对于HTML 5.1，it says：

This document is governed by the 1 August 2014 W3C Process Document.

此链接指向 World Wide Web Consortium Process Document from 2014-08-01 (the latest version is always accessible from http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/)。

对于应该成为推荐的技术报告，这是the process：

  1. Publication of the First Public Working Draft,
  2. Publication of zero or more revised Public Working Drafts.
  3. Publication of a Candidate Recommendation.
  4. Publication of a Proposed Recommendation.
  5. Publication as a W3C Recommendation.
  6. Possibly, Publication as an Edited Recommendation

不过，也可以后退一步：

The Director […] may require the specification to return to a lower maturity level.