PWG Charter Policy - April 7, 2014
                          (editor: msweet@apple.com)

Abstract

This policy document clarifies the Charter phase in the PWG Standards
Development Process 3.0 document (section 3) by requiring an editor,
White Paper, and Formal Approval prior to adoption of any new work.

This version is available in the directory:

    http://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/process/pwg-charter-policy-20140407.txt

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		       PWG Charter Policy (Normative)

Section 3 of the PWG Standards Development Process v3.0 defines a Charter phase
for standards development.  The Charter phase includes White Papers as Internal
Documents and a Requirements Statement and Working Drafts as a PWG Standards
Documents.

Section 4.1 requires that the Chair of the relevant Workgroup appoint an editor
for each PWG standards-track document.

Section 4.3 requires that new Workgroup charters require Formal Approval or,
for existing Workgroups, approval by the PWG Steering Committee.

Section 4.4 requires a clear statement of requirements prior to the completion
of the first Working Draft.  Originally, standalone Requirements Statements
were published as PWG Informational Documents, however current practice is to
embed the Requirements Statements in the Working Draft and subsequent Candidate
Standard.  A Requirements Statement requires Formal Approval.

Section 8.3 defines the requirements for Formal Approval.

In order to promote the successful development of new PWG standards, all new
standards development MUST begin with one or more editors producing a White
Paper using the PWG Working Draft template that outlines the requirements and
possible technical solutions for the proposed standard(s) prior to adoption by
a PWG Workgroup or modification of any PWG Workgroup Charter.  The White Paper
MUST NOT assign, reserve, or register new standards-track names or values.
Multiple drafts of the White Paper MAY be produced and reviewed as needed.

Once the White Paper is stable, a PWG Workgroup can adopt the White Paper after
a modification to its charter, a new PWG Workgroup can be chartered to advance
the White Paper, or the White Paper can be abandoned due to lack of
participation.

Addition of new work, whether to an existing PWG Workgroup or through the
creation of a new PWG Workgroup, requires Formal Approval.

Modifications to existing work such as updating milestones, changing document
titles, and splitting or merging of existing documents may still be approved by
the PWG Steering Committee, as defined by the Process.