More clarity on where a "candidate addition" lives

[marcoscaceres]

When taking a spec to Rec that [=allows new features=], it's unclear where "candidate additions" snapshots live.

Consider.

1. A Proposed Rec that "allow new features" is published.
2. Document is then published as REC
3. "New feature" is specified (candidate addition).

Is a "candidate addition" published to TR at a "Working Draft"? Or do they get a special label?

I'm a bit unsure from:
https://www.w3.org/2020/Process-20200915/#candidate-changes

this text in particular:

In addition to their actual maturity level, published REC Track documents with candidate changes are also considered, for the purpose of the W3C Patent Policy [PATENT-POLICY], to be Working Drafts with those candidate changes treated as normative.

I was expecting something like "Candidate Addition Draft" or something similar to a CRD.... if it's just a regular "WD", that works :)

[frivoal]

It's published as a REC again, with the candidate addition being an informative addition showing what the spec would change to if it were adopted. Here's an example:
https://www.w3.org/TR/css-contain-1/#c1

(This example is a candidate correction rather than a candidate addition, but that they're are not different in this respect)

[marcoscaceres]

That’s hugely helpful, @frivoal. Thank you! Should we clarify that in the Process doc? I wasn’t able to figure the above out from what’s currently there.

[marcoscaceres]

Also, I guess we can add as many informative sections (candidate additions) as needed… what’s then the timeframe for re-publishing as REC? Is it every 6 months?

[frivoal]

You can republish a REC to add (or remove, or update) candidate corrections as often as you want. Daily would be fine if you had a need for that.

However, when you want to elevate candidate corrections to proposed corrections, that triggers patent review, AC Review, etc. That's heavier, and shouldn't be done more often an once every 6 months per spec.

[marcoscaceres]

Thanks @frivoal! That's really helpful. I have a feeling this is going to come up a lot as we shift more and more specs over to this model... I've seen a fair bit of reluctance from folks to move off CR to REC because they are worried that the above is going to be painful (which, given your description, it isn't really... tho the update every 6 months minimum might be).

Having said that, could you suggest some place were we could capture the information above that I can point to people? I think it would really help elucidate what's involved.

[frivoal]

could you suggest some place were we could capture the information above that I can point to people?

/Guide, announced to the chairs, with a reminder break-out session at TPAC (possibly for a few years)?

[plehegar]

This issue should be transferred to /Guide .