Clarification on errata stage identifiers ECD and ECD-PR

[Robin Cover <robin@oasis-open.org>]

To:  OASIS TCs with Errata work in progress 2011-04

http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/TCADMIN-444
Emergency
http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/TCADMIN-424
CMIS
http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/TCADMIN-417
OpenDocument

Summary: As of 2011-04-04, TC Admin does not anticipate
using these Stage identifiers initially mentioned in the
online forms for TC Administration Requests:

Errata Committee Draft (ECD)
Errata Committee Draft Public Review (ECD-PR)

The above names were minted last October in an effort to
clarify that a CSD approval/publication in the Approved
Errata document stream is not quite the same as a regular
CSD *in that* it belongs to a different workflow process.
Similarly, the corresponding PR (public review draft) is
part of the Errata production workflow, which is
essentially OS mod/creat using a shortened process and
progression: WD -> CD -> PR -> Errata

On the other hand, since the two "ECD" document types use
the same components and process as other CSD/CSPRD
documents, and some users have been confused by the
"ECD" terminology, it is being abandoned for now.  The
Stage identifiers recognized in the Naming Directives,
TC Process, and TC Process FAQ are probably adequate
for use in the development of an Approved Errata
Document:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/specGuidelines/ndr/namingDirectives.html#stage
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process-2010-07-28.php#standApprovProcess
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process-faq.php [1]

=== Details:

Labels (stage names and abbreviations) now abandoned
* online forms "a)" and "b)" will be removed.

Errata Committee Draft (ECD)
Errata Committee Draft Public Review (ECD-PR)

a) Errata Committee Draft Creation / Upload Request
http://marypmcrae.com/errata-cd-creation-request

b) 15-Day Errata Committee Draft Public Review Request
http://marypmcrae.com/15-day-errata-pr-request

c) Approved Errata Creation / Upload Request
http://marypmcrae.com/approved-errata-request

Baseline from The TC Process Section "3.5 Approved Errata"
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process-2010-07-28.php#errata

TCP uses the following standard labels in the outline of
steps:

OASIS Standard
Approved Errata
Committee Specification Draft
Committee Specification Public Review Draft

The creation of a CD and the PR process are identical to
Standards Track for progress toward Approved Errata

Example text from TC Process Section 3.5

"set of proposed corrections as a Committee Specification Draft"
"15-day public review pursuant to Section 3.2"
"subsequent Committee Specification Public Review Draft"


[1] New Stage Identifiers (following Question #16)
     http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process-faq.php

With the introduction of the Non-Standards Track come
new stage identifiers. The Standards Track Work Product
stages are Committee Specification Draft (CSD),
Committee Specification Public Review Draft (CSPRD),
and Committee Specification (CS). The Non-Standards
Track Work Product stages are Committee Note Draft (CND),
Committee Note Public Review Draft (CNPRD), and
Committee Note (CN). Note that committee draft refers
to either a CSD or CND; similarly, public review draft
refers to either a CSPRD or CNPRD.

-- 

Robin Cover
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