Process Intro
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Specification Development Process
Time
- What is the target submission date?
- What real-world factors do we take into account to set the date?
- Other related developments (standards)
- Urgency of the changes
- Resources available
Resources
- From committee
- From outside the committee (SRS needed to gather new resources)
Process
- A process for the actual spec development
- Identification of (sub)teams and roles
- A policy for reference implementations
- Status review at carefully chosen points in time
do while time.remains() && !reqs.fulfilled() {
Specification prototype authoring
Reference impl development (at least later iterations)
Specification prototype review (committee, public?)
do with review.result() {
Risk analysis
(Scope modification)
}
}
Editorial pass (protoypes are non-prosaic)
Final committee review
Submission to NISO, formal review
Publication of spec and release of reference impls
