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From:
Harry Halpin <hha...@w3.org>
Date: Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: Rules for "Public Comments"
To: Anders Rundgren <
anders....@telia.com>
Cc: "
public-webcr...@w3.org" <
public-webcr...@w3.org>
On 08/19/2012 09:37 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote:
Hi,
In response to this message
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webcrypto-comments/2012Aug/0061.html
I would like to describe what I (rightly or wrongly) believe are the rules such lists
are operating under (in addition to the more general Internet rules like avoiding
bad language, "ad hominem" attacks, and repeated marketing messages).
Since public comments are likely to come from people outside of the WG, such
comments may:
- Be completely ignored by the WG
- Not necessarily be aligned with the charter. They may indeed even question the charter
- Be sent at any time including after the final specification has been published
Anders,
Please read the W3C process document for clarification:
http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#doc-reviews
Note that it is too late to ask for changes to the charter. The WG does not have to respond to any comment "out-of-scope" with the charter or asking for changes in the charter (which many of your comments have asked). There are many other standard and mailing lists for other kinds of cryptographic work, and you may always propose a new charter in another standards body, but please keep mail on this list both on topic and within the charter.
Also, the WG does not have to respond to any comment that is sent after the publication the Candidate Recommendation stage.
Comments clearly specify textual changes are generally appreciated. Vague comments, comments that include ad hominem attacks or "conspiracy theories", as well as comments that are unclear or off-topic may not be responded to. In general, we will warn anyone if their comments are consistently out-of-scope and off-topic as a matter of politeness, but we do not have to respond.
cheers,
harry
Then of course the mileage of such comments will depend on the quality, clarity, and
applicability but in that respect they don't differ much from regular WG messages.
thanx,
Anders