Track Comparison

Comparing possible offering features. Very drafty and experimental. Part of the task force about Making W3C the place for new standards. Comments or suggestions? public-vision-newstd@w3.org

	Rec Track	Member Submissions	Incubator Group	ByPass to Rec [new]	Public Submission [new]	OpenW3C [new]
Who can do	Member + Invited Expert	Member	Member + Invited Expert	Anyone?	Anyone	Anyone
Label of final product	Recommendation	Member Submission	Incubator Group Report	Recommendation	Public Submission	OpenW3C Reports
Documents published by W3C chartered group	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Charter initiated by	members or staff	N/A	Members (3 or more)	N/A	N/A	Anyone
Charter approval process	AC review, Director assessment	N/A	Minimal staff review	N/A	N/A	Community review? Staff? None?
Patent commitment	RF (organizational or individual)	Organizational statement of intent for if goes to Rec track	Menu of 2 options (none, RF if goes to Rec track)	RF	RF (or Menu?)	Individual RF commitments at least (may also gather organizational ones if you can)
Document License	W3C Doc License	W3C Doc License	W3C Doc License	W3C Doc License	At least W3C Doc License but offer menu?	At least W3C Doc License but offer menu?
Criteria for whether to publish	Transition requirements	Director approval	None	Community review? TAG? Staff? AC?	Community review? TAG? Staff? AC?	None
Staff roles	Technical contact, comm, admin	Team review and comment; publication	Minimal admin involvement; participation in some cases; publication	Technical review? publication	Technical review? publication	None
Participation cost	Membership or invited expert	Membership	Membership (to initiate; anyone may participate)	Charge for this service? No cost?	Charge for this service? No cost?	None
Related revenue stream ideas	N/A	N/A	N/A	?	?	?
Expectation of consensus-building around one solution	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No