AI-#0165: Proposed Errata Process for SAML 2.0

["Mishra, Prateek" <pmishra@netegrity.com>]

(1) A single errata documented be maintained with an Errata editor. We need
someone to "volunteer" for this position.

(2) 
 
(a) When the TC moves to submit the SAML "Committee Draft" for OASIS
standardization (currently scheduled for September 7), all specification
documents should include a reference to "Errata" on the cover page, together
with a URL where the document may be found. The name of the document should
not be included as there cannot be substantive or normative changes to the
document once it has been accepted as an OASIS standard.

(b) Simultaneously an errata document (sstc-saml-2.0-errata-00) but with no
errata content be published to the SSTC web site at the designated errata
URL.


(3) The errata document would become live once the TC voted to submit the
specification to OASIS for standardization. It would remain live until some
or all of its contents were incorporated within SAML 2.1. The TC would
follow its standard processes to accept errata (majority vote).


NOTES: This proposal broadly follows the process used in WSS and XACML. The
OASIS website includes the following comments:

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/guidelines.php

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The TC Admin will announce the results of the voting within seven days of
the end of the voting period. If the ballot passes, OASIS will announce the
creation of a new OASIS Standard and place the newly approved OASIS Standard
on appropriate web pages for distribution.

After approval of the specification as an OASIS Standard the TC must prepare
the final version for publication. Usually this would involve changing only
the title page to reflect the new status of the document. There must not be
any substantive or normative changes made to the specification. The document
must be renamed according to the OASIS file naming scheme and submitted to
the TC Admin for publication. The TC may create a non-normative errata
document, but no normative changes may be made to the specification; making
normative changes will require sending the specification through the
approval process.
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