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The W3DC decided to make the BoD responsible for
voting to let a spec or standard out.
Draconian but it puts names to approval. We'll see
how well it scales.
len
From: Rich Salz [mailto:rsalz@datapower.com]
> To be approved a spec
> must pass two separate and independent votes: one by those who worked
> on the spec, and one by interested parties who did not participate in
> the development of the spec, and made no investment to be wasted if
> the specification fails to pass the vote. Sadly, I know of no
> standards body that operates in such a bicameral fashion.
Except for the fact that some committee members are also in the second
voting pool, many standards work this way: W3C, OASIS, ITU (less sure
of that).
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